The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been chastised by the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) for its protest at the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
WITHIN NIGERIA reported that the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, and the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, led protesters to the INEC office on Monday to protest the outcome of the presidential election won by APC’s Bola Tinubu.
In an interview with BBC’s Focus on Africa, Dele Alake, Special Adviser on Communications and Public Affairs to the APC PCC, described the PDP leaders as “sore losers” in response to the demonstration.
According to the former Commissioner of Information in Lagos State, Atiku, and other PDP leaders are overreacting to the protest.
Alake, on the other hand, said it is Atiku’s human right to express his disappointment over his election loss and praised the former Vice President for not inciting violence.
He said:
I think it is well within Atiku’s human rights to voice out his misgivings over his loss of the election but I would say that it is a better alternative than going on the streets.
We welcome any aggrieved party to take its grievances to the judiciary and seek succour. That is what decent people do in different societies. For Atiku to be protesting and being melodramatic about it is also normal.
Don’t forget that Atiku has been contesting for the presidency of this country since 1993, exactly 30 years ago. He has contested every presidential election in Nigeria and he has lost everyone since 1993 and this will not be different.
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