The Vice President elect of Nigeria, Alhaji Kashim Shettima has called on the top political opponents in the just concluded presidential election, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, to accept the election outcome.
According to the report on Cable News, Shettima made the call in an interview with BBC Hausa on Wednesday, 1st of March 2023. Shettima said that all the political candidates should join force with their government to push the country forward.
According to him, he said that working together will be the best move for the country as he is sure the defeated politicians will not want the country to be plunged into chaos.
Shettima further explained that the presidential election is free and fair and that there are some indications that showed this. The Politician said that the ruling party lost in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory as well as other key areas in the country but that they did not complain.
In his words, he said: "In my own understanding, this is the most free and fair election ever conducted like the one on Saturday. It was conducted according to what the law says. Our candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu lost his state Lagos and also Ikeja which is his local government, we didn’t say anything. The president since 2003 has never lost in Katsina state, but in this election, he lost and we didn’t say anything."
"Therefore, they (the opposition) should accept the outcome of the polls and accept that it’s God who gives power. The best thing to do is for us to come together and join forces to rescue our country. I have a strong feeling that Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president and Mr Peter Obi won’t want our country to go into chaos or be destroyed.”