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
Founder of Silverbird Group, Ben Murray-Bruce, has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on the affirmation of his election by the Supreme Court while urging major oppositions, Atiku Abubakar of People Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party to accept the apex court ruling on the presidential election.
Newsheadline247 reports that the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the appeals of PD, LP, and their presidential candidates in the last election.
The both Atiku and Obi had challenged the victory of President Tinubu at the February 25 presidential poll and sought to overturn the declaration of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The apex court, however, dismissed the appeal, holding that new evidence could not be introduced at the last stage of appeal.
In a post on his X (formerly Twitter) account, Murray-Bruce congratulated the president and the people of Nigeria on the outcome of the election. “I congratulate President Bola Tinubu and the people of Nigeria, who now have clarity for the future.”
He urged Atiku to accept the ruling of the Supreme Court and allow the political feud to rest. Murray-Bruce stated further that the government and the people of Nigeria can now concentrate on nation building following the conclusion of the legal battle on the presidential election – “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.”
Murray-Bruce, a Businessman and Senator who represented Bayelsa East under the platform of the PDP (2015-2019) also noted that the rancor within the party ahead of the poll cost them the needed victory at the poll.
“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,” Murray-Bruce stated.
