Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja
Opposition political parties under
the aegis of the Coalition of United Political Parties have vowed not to
recognise Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s President beyond May 29, 2019.
They
said they would ensure, within civil means, that Buhari did not enjoy
what they called a stolen mandate based on his declaration as the winner
of last Saturday’s presidential election.
The coalition’s
national spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere, made the political parties’
position known in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on
Wednesday.
Ugochinyere urged Nigerians to continue to support
opposition parties in their quest to retrieve the mandate for the
rightful owner.
He said, “The opposition rejects the cooked and
panel beaten figures and will not recognise General Muhammadu Buhari as
the carrier of legitimate mandate beyond May 29, 2019.
Describing
Buhari’s victory as pyrrhic, Ugochinyere claimed that there is evidence
nationwide that the 2019 presidential election was a clear departure
from the electoral gains made in 2015.
He said it was glaring
that the ruling All Progressives Congress massively stole votes and
suppressed votes of the opposition to such an extent that the election
is the worst since Nigeria’s return to democracy 1999.
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