Adewole Adebayo, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, explained on Friday why he chose not to challenge the outcome of the recent presidential election in court. His statement came in the wake of announcements from Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, and Peter Obi, representing the Labour Party. Both candidates held separate press conferences on Thursday, expressing their intentions to contest the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress candidate, as the winner of the February 25 election.
During a program on ARISE TV, Adebayo acknowledged that while he had evidence of electoral misconduct, he ultimately did not win the election. He congratulated Tinubu and accepted him as the President-elect, citing his commitment to the Constitution. Adebayo stated, “My position is that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, wrongly or rightly, has been declared the President-elect. We who ran, and who have followers, my followers are angry with me that I did that, but that is leadership because the duty is to stabilize the situation and then the law will take its course.”
In a related development, Amb. Isaac Udeh, the presidential candidate of the National Rescue Movement, urged the aggrieved candidates from the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party, and other political parties to concede defeat for the sake of Nigeria’s progress. In an interview, Udeh emphasized, “Nigeria is number one in our priority; we believe that no election is 100 percent free and fair. One thing is that this election has produced one thing that we never experienced before in previous elections.”
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