Presidential Election: UK Tells Atiku To Challenge His Defeat In A Peaceful Manner - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 1, 2019
The United Kingdom has called on the presidential candidateof the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, AtikuAbubakar,
to challenge his defeat in a peaceful manner.
INEC had declared President Muhammadu Buhari of the All
Progressives Congress the winner of the February-23rd pollin the early
hours of Wednesday.
Buhari polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat Atiku who got11,262,978
votes. But the former vice president rejected the outcome ofthe election,
which he called a sham, vowing to challenge it.
However, UK’s minister of state for Africa Harriett Baldwin,said the
result declared was consistent with the civil societyparallel vote
tabulation process.
Harriett said UK will continue to support Nigeria and itscivil society in
drawing lessons from these elections and strengthening itsdemocracy.