Being an opposition figure has not stopped Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike from congratulating President Muhammadu over his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday.
While the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had rejected the verdict of the tribunal, Wike in a statement by his media aide, Simeon Nwakaudu, charged President Buhari to use his victory to work for all Nigerians, “irrespective of their political leanings.”
The five-man panel of the tribunal had dismissed the petition by the PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the outcome of the February 23 election.
At the ruling which lasted over eight hours, chairman of the tribunal, Justice Mohammad Garba, dismissed all the petitions filed by the petitioners for failing to convince the tribunal in the reliefs they sought.
However, the PDP in a statement rejected the ruling saying tribunal failed to point to justice despite the flawless evidence laid before it.
PDP insisted Buhari was not only unqualified to contest the election but also did not score the majority of valid votes at the polls.
“The PDP finds it as bewildering that a court of law could validate a clear case of perjury and declaration of false information in a sworn affidavit, as firmly established against President Muhammadu Buhari even in the face of incontrovertible evidence.
The APC on its part hailed the All Progressives Congress (APC) hailed the judgement saying it was an affirmation of Buhari’s election victory.