Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate for 2023, has dismissed rumors that he will drop the lawsuit against Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 presidential election.
In a personal message delivered to Newsmen on Saturday, Atiku stated that the widely fraudulent presidential election on February 25 would never be given legitimacy.
His declaration comes in response to allegations in some quarters that he has chosen to abandon the court challenge filed against Tinubu’s victory.
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But, the PDP candidate reiterated that his attorneys had his specific direction to dispute the outcome of the presidential election in 2023, and that nothing has changed.
Atiku went on to say that he and his party, the PDP, will continue to dispute the legality of the election, emphasizing that the battle is not personal, but rather for Nigeria and the country’s democracy.
He said in the statement: “I have been notified of a fake press release attributed to me and purportedly giving legitimacy to the widely rigged presidential election of February 25.
“The so-called press release did not emanate from me or my office, and it should be treated with repudiation, untrue, and deliberately contrived by those who illegally appropriated the mandate of the Nigerian people.
“For the avoidance of any doubt, I wish to state categorically that my lawyers still have my unflinching mandate to challenge the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.
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“I join other lovers of democracy in Nigeria and friends of our great country in the outright rejection of the predetermined outcome of the February 25 election.
“I shall continue to challenge the legality of that election, alongside my party, the Peoples Democratic Party.
“The decision to challenge the sham election of February 25, the worst election in our democratic history, is not predicated on my personal interest but for the interest of Nigeria and its people. It is aimed at deepening democracy and ensuring that we do not confer legitimacy to an outcome of illegitimacy.
“My commitment to the democratic struggle in Nigeria is beyond an election season.”
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