BREAKING: Atiku issues condition to end fight with Tinubu

The former Vice-President of Nigeria and the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has given conditions under which he would drop the “fight” against President Bola Tinubu.

The second-place candidate in the election, Atiku, contested the presidential election results in court, but his petition was dismissed by the Presidential Tribunal, including the allegation of forgery.

However, Atiku pursued his case in the US court system, resulting in the release of official documents he wishes to include in his appeal at the Supreme Court.

Atiku claims that there were discrepancies in the certificate submitted by Tinubu to the INEC, which should have made him ineligible to run for office.

Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Atiku said he was not ready to back down from his course.

“I have already filed my appeal against him at the Supreme Court. It is only when the court rules that he is right that I will drop this fight; in other words, I will drop this fight when the court rules because there is no court higher than the supreme court.”

Asked if he was under pressure from Tinubu to drop the case, Atiku said after the election, he learnt that a delegation of governors were sent by the president to reach out to him.

“I didn’t even let them come to my house,” said the PDP presidential candidate, a comment that attracted laugher in the hall.

He also added that he was not afraid that they would go after his business interest, narrating how the licence of Intels, a logistics firm he co-owned, was revoked under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari.