Atiku Rejects 2023 Election Results, Calls Tinubu Drug Baron [Video]

Atiku has rejected the 2023 Election Results and called Tinubu drug baron in the process.

Newsone reports that the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has rejected Saturday’s presidential election results, saying the exercise was the “worst in the history of the country.”

Atiku, who addressed journalists in Abuja Thursday evening, revealed that the outcome of the election, which favoured Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), would be challenged in court.

“I have come to the conclusion that the process of the election was grossly manipulated…it is the worst in the history of our country’s democracy and the results must be challenged in court,” Mr Abubakar declared.

Atiku during the press conference, also called Mr Tinubu a drug baron, saying:  “Just as I was about to enter this conference hall, the chairman and I read an Austrian news report that a Nigerian drug baron has emerged the president of Africa’s most-populous country,” he said at the press briefing, which was his first since the exercise.

Atiku calls Tinubu drug baron video

This online news platform understands that Atiku’s address comes a few hours after Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), also rejected the weekend exercise.

Peter Obi specifically said that the election exercise was “marred with irregularities”, stressing that he won the presidential election and would provide the evidence for Nigerians to see.

“We won the election, and we will prove it to Nigerians,” Mr Obi told reporters during a world press conference held in Abuja.

Meanwhile, Newsone had reported earlier that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the 2023 presidential election.

INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, also subsequently issued Mr Tinubu a “Certificate of Return” the same day.