Nigeria Elections: 'Concede Defeat' IBB Tells Atiku

After a win with a victory margin of 3,928,869 votes against Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Buhari is re-elected as Nigeria's president.

Atiku who has formed a legal team to challenge the victory has been urged by former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (Rtd), has to concede defeat following his loss in the last presidential election.

IBB in a statement said;

“I was not surprised that even though he lost the most exotic position of the land, his doggedness and pattern of support cut across ethnic, religious and regional lines that earned him the second position of the last Presidential election.

“I call on the former Vice–President Atiku Abubakar to close ranks and work with the winner of the election in an objective and constructive manner so that democracy will continue to thrive in our country at this crucial period of renaissance.

“I urged him also to endeavour and prevail on his admirers to eschew bitterness and violence. They must be prevailed upon to understand that politics is a game in which there must be only one winner.

“I pray that the Almighty Allah will continue to guide our democratic steps for peace and progress in our country.”