Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, has asked PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party candidate Peter Obi to respect the ruling of the Supreme Court and unite for Nigeria.
According to The PUNCH, Tinubu was declared the winner of the 2023 election by the supreme court following months of legal battle.
The Justice John Okoro-led panel of the Supreme Court found unanimously that Obi and Abubakar’s appeals against Tinubu were without merit and should be rejected.
Uwani Aji, Mohammed Garba, Ibrahim Saulawa, Adamu Jauro, Abubakar Tijjani, and Emmanuel Agim are the other justices on the court.
Speaking to reporters in the courthouse in Abuja shortly after the ruling on Thursday, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives promised that Tinubu will keep giving Atiku, Obi, and other Nigerians hands-on fellowship. He called the legal dispute a diversion.
He stated, “The litigation is a distraction. The litigants exercise their rights to go to court. But that has come to an end now. We now have to all come together as one country or one people and move ahead to take this country where it rightfully should be.”
The president’s COS described the apex court’s judgment as very sound by any standard.
He added, “We shouldn’t take things personally. If you listened carefully to the judgment, the judgment was very sound by any objective and supported with facts, with cases.”
Gbajabiamila continued, “The president is a democrat, he has always extended his hands of fellowship. He’s always done that he will continue to do that, and will continue to do so on his behalf. Governance is about everybody. It’s not about a party. It’s not about an individual. If we do not come together now. then we’ll have ourselves to blame.
“The elections are over. Litigation is over. All litigation has come to an end. Now’s the time for governments; distractions are over. So yes, Mr. President, the APC and all right-thinking members of society must come together no matter what party you belong to, to address the issue of governance.”
