The Islamist group, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on the main opposition candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to congratulate the winner, President Bola Tinubu.
In a statement issued yesterday, the group’s Executive Director, 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.
Recall that the apex court affirmed the victory of Tinubu in the February 25 presidential election. Justice Inyang 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.
Similarly, the Minister of Aviation 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 Courts ruling.
Keyamo, making the call on his X (formerly Twitter) page as a reaction, said it is now time for nation-building.
