The Legal Directorate of the All Progressive Congress, APC Presidential Campaign Council has affirmed its readiness to defend the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari with all the legal expertise at its disposal.
A
statement issued and signed by Prof Mamman Lawan Yusufari, Deputy
Director Legal after its emergency meeting held on 27 Feb 2019 called on
interested parties who were not satisfied with the results of the
elections to challenge same by following due process of the law.
The
directorate congratulated President Buhari for winning the 2019
presidential election and thanked Nigerians for their overwhelming
support.
They lauded the presidential candidates, political
parties and their support groups for their general respect for the law
in the campaign activities
The statement also hailed INEC for
conducting the presidential and National Assembly elections in
substantial compliance with the law.
The directorate condemned the
few cases of violence in some parts of the country and called on the
appropriate authorities to deal with the perpetrators in accordance with
the law.
Recall that the Presidential Candidate of the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP) , Atiku Abubakar rejected the announced result of
the presidential election, saying he would challenge it in court.
Abubakar
in a statement he personally signed early Wednesday morning in Abuja ,
said that it was clear that there were premeditated malpractices in many
states which negates the results announced.
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