Congratulate Tinubu on Supreme Court verdict – MURIC urges Atiku

• The apex court on Thursday affirmed the victory of Tinubu in the presidential election of February 25
• MURIC says Tinubu and Atiku are both Muslim politicians who should join hands in building the country

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on the main opposition candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, to congratulate the winner, President Bola Tinubu.

According to NAN, in a statement issued on Friday, the Executive Director of MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, implored Atiku to display Islamic brotherhood and political maturity by congratulating the winner.

Akintola said that politics was over as the legal fireworks had come to an end with the final pronouncement of the Supreme Court.

The apex court affirmed the victory of Tinubu in the presidential election of February 25.

Justice Inyang John Okoro, the chairman of the seven-man panel, delivered the judgment in Abuja on Thursday.

Reacting to the ruling, the Islamic scholar said Tinubu and Atiku are both Muslim politicians who should join hands in building the country.

Akintola said, ”But we have a country to build and the time to do it is now.”

“Both of you are Muslims and that is important to MURIC. First and foremost, you were both Muslims before becoming politicians. You must now join hands to heal wounds, to build bridges and to allay fears,” he said.

Similarly, the Minister of Aviaiton and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has called on Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi who were presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party respectively during the February polls, to call and congratulate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu following the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday.

Keymo making the call on his X page as a reaction, said it is now time for nation-building.

He wrote: “By the judgment of the Supreme Court today, the laymen prowling all over the social media can now clearly see that there is a wide chasm between emotions and law. These were Election Petitions pursued with unnecessary venom and hatred by most of those involved. Today, they have learnt a bitter lesson that such venom, hatred and sentiment have no place in judicial proceedings and deliberations. Their journey has come to a grinding end.

“We had consistently made the same points to the opposition, but they kept giving their supporters false hopes and goading them in the wrong direction. Unfortunately for them, all the vituperations poured out against the judiciary actually cut no ice with it. Our Justices are always firm, courageous and cerebral. Kudos to them.

“What is now left is nation-building. The other Presidential candidates must now call President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and congratulate him as true patriots. We as patriotic citizens must also now close ranks to help steer our country in the right direction. I wish all of us well.”