Withdraw from tribunal, join Tinubu’s Govt, Campaign group tells Atiku, Obi
By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja
The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Tinubu/Shettima 2023 has called on the Presidential Candidates of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party LP counterpart, Mr Peter Obi to withdraw their cases from the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal PEPT and join the President Bola Tinubu Government of National Unity.
According to the campaign group, if indeed Atiku and Obi set out to serve Nigerians with their individual ambitions, they should now join hands with Tinubu who it said has engaged in pro-people policies since he assumed the reins on May 29.
National Coordinator of the coalition and a member of the now defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council PCC, Dr. Lilian Ene Ogbole, gave the charge at a news conference Thursday in Abuja.
She said the call for a government of national unity is in the interest of the nation.
Ogbole said; “Even though we are aware that it is the fundamental right of all aggrieved candidates to seek for a redress in the court of law, in national interest we wish to use this avenue to crave the indulgence of all aggrieved candidates who are seeking for redress in the tribunal to withdraw their litigations against the president and join hands with him in the proposed national unity and all inclusive government.
“We are saying this confidently because we can see from all indications that the Tinubu-led administration is ready to work assiduously to install peace, development and progress in Nigeria.
“We are certain that the priority of all candidates of other political parties is to do same selflessly in national interest. Since Tinubu is playing out their intentions, they should go a step further to synergize with him to achieve the same patriotic purpose in national interest.
“For this is the only way to prove to the world that indeed, their struggles are not personal and selfish, but rather in national interest and quest to restore the dignity of man in our domain through initiation and implementation of people friendly policies and programmes.
“The aforementioned we are sure that the present administration is doing excellently well already as evidenced in most of the nation building steps he has embarked on such as the fuel subsidy removal, the education bill that was signed into law, the display of uncommon fairness and equity in the appointment of key principal office holders and of course, his monetary and economic policies only to mention but a few.
“This is certainly not the time for further distractions; it is time to move Nigeria forward in a positive direction. This is a call for unity government in national interest”.
President Tinubu had shortly after his election said he would go beyond calls to form a government of national unity to form what he called a government of national competence.
