Senate President Ahmad Lawan, his deputy Ovie Omo-Agege on Wednesday night congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the president’s resounding victory at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC).
Lawan, in a statement by his media adviser, Ola Awoniyi, said: “The judgment of the tribunal has again put a judicial seal on the mandate freely given to the President by the Nigerian people in the February 23 presidential election.”
Lawan urged the President to accept the affirmation of his election as a reminder of the confidence of Nigerians in his capacity to continue to lead Nigeria towards its manifest destiny of greatness.
The Senate President said Nigerians have great expectations from the Next Level Agenda of the President. He pledged the full cooperation of the National Assembly with the Executive in the pursuit of the best interest of the Nigerians.
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Lawan also commended the petitioners for using the judicial window prescribed by the constitution in seeking redress for their grievances and urged them to join hands with the government and the people in the task of nation-building.
In his message, the Deputy Senate President described the development as victory for democracy.
He said: “I join the millions of Nigerians in congratulating you on your overwhelming electoral victory won on the basis of a populist mandate as well as today’s judicial victory won on the strength of our constitution, at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal today.
“Your victory and that of the governing APC at the February 23 presidential election was not only visible to the blind but audible to the deaf as our progressive ideals resonate profoundly with the genuine hopes and aspirations of our people.
“Today’s (yesterday) judgement only affirmed the conviction of many who have consistently maintained that with the over three million votes’ margin between you and your closest challenger, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it was glaring that they were merely embarking on an academic exercise at the tribunal.
“It was no surprise, therefore, that the petition of Atiku and the PDP was torn to shreds and dismissed unanimously by the five-man panel. Like we were taught in law, you cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand.”
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