The Presidency has said despite alleged irregularities and harsh criticism of the Independent National Electoral Commission, the results of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections still stand until otherwise proven in court.

It also ruled out any possibility of annulling the presidential elections as was done on June 12, 1993; advising aggrieved candidates of the opposition parties to pursue redress in court instead.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, revealed this in a piece chronicling key takeaways from the President’s recently-concluded trip to Doha, Qatar, where he attended the 5th United Nations summit on Least Developed Countries.

It was reported that long before INEC declared the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the election, the opposing Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party called for the cancellation of the exercise altogether, citing irregularities.

In a press conference held in Abuja on Monday, February 27, the Vice Presidential candidates of PDP and LP, Ifeanyi Okowa and Yusuf Datti, respectively, demanded fresh elections nationwide saying INEC failed to transmit results electronically from the BIVAS to the iREV portal immediately after collation at the Polling Units.

However, the electoral umpire proceeded with the collation exercise which culminated with Tinubu securing over eight million votes to emerge as President-elect.

The governing APC and the opposing PDP and LP have since constituted their legal teams to battle in court.

According to the Presidency, however, Buhari remained reticent about INEC’s criticism by “wishful thinkers” because he had long decided not to take any decisions that would undermine the electoral process.

“President Buhari not only muted himself following the cacophony, he picked up international travel: “Bola Tinubu’s election stands. If you are aggrieved, and you have the locus to do so, go to court,”’ the statement read.

The Presidency said in the buildup to Buhari’s trip to Qatar, he was faced with orchestrated attempts to poison public opinion against national institutions, particularly the presidential election and its conduct by the Independent National Electoral Commission, as an institution, against which vile and unsubstantiated allegations were hurled.

According to Shehu, “The clear intent of this was creating an atmosphere of fear, polarising the public and demonizing the administration of the President.

“The wishful thinkers appeared to assume that the June 12, 1993 election crisis, the worst ever since the Civil War could be recreated.

“Those who sought to do this forgot what the President said at the palace of the Gbong-Gwon Jos, when he went to the city to inaugurate the Tinubu-Shettima campaign: ‘this election will not be annulled; whoever is the winner will be president.”

The presidential spokesman echoed Buhari’s several iterations to world leaders in Qatar about handing over to a new President on May 29, 2023.

On Tuesday, it was also reported that the President spoke with the Iranian VP, Mohsen Mansouri, calling for continued economic cooperation with the next administration, especially in the sectors of energy, infrastructure, and culture.

Buhari also appealed to Nigerians in Qatar to support Tinubu’s government “so that Nigeria will continue to be the beacon of hope and prosperity in our continent and an example for other African countries to emulate.”

Nigeria is presidentless at the moment....

The same thing can be said about Buhari.

Nigeria have no president to begin from the day he was declared the president of federal republic of Nigeria

Xscape1993:
Nigeria is presidentless at the moment....

Tinubu is not our president 🙄

Dey play

I was told that the presidency is now court of law in Nigeria. Your time is short in Nigeria. Try it and see something.

Xscape1993:
Nigeria is presidentless at the moment....

Buhari crowned his failure with all times failure in 2023 election.
Am sorry he is leaving with WORST OF ALL TIME RECORD

idiotic pigs are wishing for interim government,
that is how devilish they're,
that is the reason God will never allow them to be president till maybe next 16yrs

Mylove55:
idiotic pigs are wishing for interim government,
that is how devilish they're,
that is the reason God will never allow them to be president till maybe next 16yrs

Remove the word God when next you are about to spew thrash,!
Or Rather,use small letters to describe that dumb and useless carved wood u kept under your bed,so we can differentiate from the two .

President Elect BAT.

Adams098765:
Tinubu is not our president 🙄

SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT LOADING.

Farooq Kperogi was right!
AGWORRIOLA on the beat! ;D0

Okwyjesus:


Buhari crowned his failure with all times failure in 2023 election.
Am sorry he is leaving with WORST OF ALL TIME RECORD

You are a true Nigerian my dear.

Totilopussylick:
The same thing can be said about Buhari.

Nigeria have no president to begin from the day he was declared the president of federal republic of Nigeria

God bless your generation for this truth home.