2023: Peter Obi’s victory would have retired many APC leaders – Presidency

Our reporter/ Most leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, would have been compulsorily retired from politics if the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi or his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar had won the February 25 presidentialelection.

Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, who made the disclosure while receiving the Arewa Young Lawyers’ Forum’, however, noted that Tinubu’s victory has established the dominance of the APC.

“In the hands of the opposition, many of the laudable programmes of the Buhari administration would have been sabotaged or unimplemented, Shehu was quoted to have said in a statement by Deputy Director of Information, State House, Patience Tilley-Gyado on Friday.

“An important and overlooked aspect of the Tinubu/Shettima victory is that it ensures, not only an orderly transfer of power from the outgoing administration to the incoming one, but also the safety of policies and programmes of the outgoing government.”

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the February 25 presidential election election amidst protest from major opposition parties and many Nigerians.

The victory is currently being challenged at the election tribunal and the court has fixed Monday 8 May for hearing of the petitions.