Obi and Atiku are currently contesting Tinubu’s victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja.
Chief Yohanna Margif, a Labour Party governorship candidate in Plateau State for the 2023 election, has urged the LP’s Peter Obi and the Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar to drop their legal challenges to President Bola Tinubu’s victory.
Obi and Atiku are currently contesting Tinubu’s victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja.
Tinubu won the presidential election, while Atiku and Obi finished second and third, respectively, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Margif, however, asked Atiku and Obi to abandon their charges against Tinubu at the tribunal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to him, such a step is required to promote national unity and integration.
He said, “The new leadership of Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu has shown capacity to lead and improve the nation’s fortunes without fear or favour, which is crystal clear and visible within just four weeks in office.
“With happenings in Nigeria in the recent past, ranging from insecurity to unemployment and religious intolerance, it is critical to embark on a project of national unity and integration.
“This will ease the burdens and wounds caused by the outgone administration and enable Tinubu to sail the ship called the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the promised land.”
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Margif praised Abubakar and Obi for submitting their case against the election to the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal rather than using illegal tactics.
This, he believes, is in keeping with the principles of democracy, sportsmanship, patriotism, national unity, and integration.
“The electioneering campaigns have come and gone, leaving behind the unsettled dust at the PEPT, where both Abubakar and Peter Obi are challenging the outcome of the election won by Tinubu.
“This is democracy and everyone has the right to be heard, but that notwithstanding, I wish to applaud the presidential candidates of all political parties for the peaceful conduct during the elections.
“Also, for seeking legal redress over conflict, which is the virtue and spirit of sportsmanship.
“However, I call on both Obi and Abubakar to sheath their swords by withdrawing their cases at the tribunal for the sake of national unity and integration,” he said.
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Margif, who described himself as an Ambassador of Peace, stressed that Tinubu’s emergence as President was God’s will and choice for Nigeria.
“Today, what all Nigerians are looking for is good governance and dividends of democracy and, as it stands, President Tinubu is already on the right track to economic recovery and nation-building.
“In my opinion, Tinubu is the will of God and we must accept it because, while I, for instance, voted for Obi; some voted for Abubakar, others voted for Tinubu but the outcome of the election favoured Tinubu.
“Personally, regardless of my litigation against LP’s Plateau State Chapter and the National Executive Councils pending before the Federal High Court in Abuja, I’m willing to withdraw the case and forgive all.
“As such, I also suggest that Obi and the LP, as well as Abubakar and the PDP, should do the same in the interest of national integration,” he said.
Margif, who was elected as the LP’s Plateau governorship candidate but whose name was later changed to Dr Patrick Dakum, also urged Tinubu to build a government of national unity and integration.
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He stated that the emphasis on national unity and integration was shared by all candidates, political parties, and manifestos during the general elections.
Nigeria’s strength, according to Margif, is its unity and integration.
He challenged the Tinubu administration to use the Renewed Hope motto to usher in a new Nigeria that is in keeping with the dreams of the country’s founding fathers.
“I, therefore, appeal to President Tinubu to consider and put national unity and integration above all by forming a government of national unity and integration.”
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