Vice President Ksahim Shettima has called on Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and the Allied Peoples Movement’s, presidential candidate, Chichi Ojei, to join the Tinubu-led administration in building a new Nigeria.
Shettima made this call after the five Justices of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) unanimously upheld the president’s victory during the February 25 presidential election.
The vice president said: “On behalf of my principal, I wish to call on Wazirin Adamawa, Atiku Abubakar, and Mr. Peter Obi, my very good friend, to join hands with us to build a new Nigeria.”
Shettima also urged the opponents to bury the hatchet and work for the common goal of nation-building.
His words: “This is a time for unity. It is for us to sheath the sword and work for the greatness of our nation.”
Meanwhile, a faction of the Labour Party led by Lamidi Apapa had accepted the tribunal’s verdict on the 2023 presidential election.
The tribunal had dismissed a petition by Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, against President Bola Tinubu’s victory at the 2023 polls saying it lacked merit.
While Obi’s faction had rejected the verdict, Apapa’s group says he was only on a wild goose chase.
