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The All Progressives Congress Campaign Council has called on the presidential candidates of Labour Party, Peter Obi and the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to accept defeat by calling to congratulate the APC flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
The charge was made by the PCC Special Adviser on Media and Strategic Communications, Dele Alake, at a world press conference held in Abuja to address the calls for the Independent National Electoral Commission results to cancel the election.
The development followed the demand by the PDP, LP and the African Democratic Congress for the INEC National Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, to step aside.
The three parties had in a joint press conference on Tuesday alleged that the February 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections were marred with violence, rigging and intimidation of voters.
In the same vein, the PDP vice presidential candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa, has asked Yakubu in a similar conference to cancel the results of Saturday’s elections.
Okowa claimed that there was no transparency in the recently concluded elections because the results were not transmitted to polling units.
But the APC PCC disclosed that those calling for such illegality are not true adherents of democracy.
While urging the supporters of Atiku and Obi to avoid heating the polity, Alake asked the two candidates to borrow a leaf from the exemplary leadership of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the spirit of sportsmanship.
He said, “We call on Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, to emulate former President Goodluck Jonathan by conceding defeat. This election has already been won by our candidate, according to the results declared at the…
