Ben Bruce congratulates Tinubu, calls on PDP, Atiku to accept Supreme Court judgement, end controversy

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ben Murray-Bruce, has congratulated President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on his victory at the Supreme Court on Thursday, calling on the PDP and its candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, to accept the judgement of the Supreme Court and let controversy end.

Ben Bruce in a statement emphasised that the Supreme Court has now ruled on the the appeal brought by his party, the PDP, and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

File photo of Ben Bruce and Atiku Abubakar

He declared: “it is accepted that the Supreme Court is final.

“Therefore, the judgment should be accepted by all Nigerians as settling all the issues of contention and the matter of who won the Presidential election held on February 25, 2023.

“Therefore, I call on the Peoples Democratic Party and its Presidential candidate, Waziri Atiku Abubakar, to accept the judgment and let this controversy end.”

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Bruce said that the PDP should learn from the disunity that cost the party the 2023 election. “If a united opposition could not defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress in 2019, we showed an extreme lack of judgment to have allowed division within our ranks in 2022-2023,”he declared.

The statement read in full:

Ben Murray-Bruce
@benmurraybruce

The Supreme Court has now ruled on the appeal brought by my party and its Presidential candidate. I do not comment on the rightness or wrongness of the judgment, except to say that as a law-abiding and patriotic citizen of Nigeria, it is accepted that the Supreme Court is final.

Therefore, the judgment should be accepted by all Nigerians as settling all the issues of contention and the matter of who won the Presidential election held on February 25, 2023. Therefore, I call on the Peoples Democratic Party and its Presidential candidate, Waziri Atiku Abubakar, to accept the judgment and let this controversy end.

I congratulate President Bola Tinubu and the people of Nigeria, who now have clarity for the future. Perhaps we can now focus on the task of building our nation and growing our economy to enable it to deliver a decent living and opportunities for positive human development for all Nigerians, especially the masses.

To the Peoples Democratic Party, let us learn from the disunity that cost us this election. If a united opposition could not defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress in 2019, we showed an extreme lack of judgment to have allowed division within our ranks in 2022-2023. Hopefully, we can make better decisions for the future.

May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.