Rigging Done By APC, PDP, LP, NNPP Not Enough To Alter Tinubu’s Victory – Kachikwu

The Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, said on Friday that the rigging done by the top four leading political parties in the just concluded presidential election was not significant enough to alter Bola Tinubu‘s victory.

Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election after polling 8,794,726 votes ahead of his closest opponent, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, confirmed Tinubu’s victory at the International Collation Centre in Abuja during the early hours of Wednesday, Naija News reports.

However, the outcome of the polls has been challenged by candidates of the PDP and third-placed Peter Obi of the Labour Party.

In a statement issued, however, in Abuja on Friday (today), Kachikwu said Tinubu’s victory in the February 25th election is a “clear case of consistency and preparation meets opportunity.”

He added: “Tinubu, a dogged fighter with a mastery of the Nigerian political system, took advantage of a disunited opposition, some of whom were running purely on the divisive platforms of ethnicity and religion.

“Tinubu, a dogged fighter with a mastery of the Nigerian political system, took advantage of a disunited among the opposition who were running purely on the divisive platforms of ethnicity and religion.

“The distortions occasioned by the rigging done by the four so-called leading parties were not significant enough to have altered the outcome of this election.”

Kachikwu said he had earlier warned that any vote for the Labour Party was a vote in support of an APC victory if the PDP and Labour Party candidates failed to merge.

“The PDP and Labour Party candidates failed to show leadership when they refused to put aside petty differences to build a formidable opposition to take on a non-performing sitting government.

“They now seek to form an alliance of sore losers after defeat.

“Tinubu’s victory is a lesson to segments of the clergy who provided their places of worship as campaign platforms.

“We must separate thus saith the Lord from our biases and personal convictions. If they seek to clean up the political space, they must first look within, and most of those who lead us can be found there on Fridays and Sundays.

“Are we a nation of sinners in search of a saint or a nation of the lost in search of a leader? Tinubu’s victory answers this question,” Kachikwu said.

He said that the election had been won and lost, and Nigeria and Nigerians must move forward by putting all hands on deck in the onerous task of nation-building and remain united as Nigerians.