The former lawmaker advised Atiku to accept the judgment and let the controversy regarding the 2023 presidential election end.
A former Nigerian lawmaker and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member who represented Bayelsa East at the Senate, Ben Murray-Bruce has urged Nigerians, his party and Atiku Abubakar to accept the ruling of the Supreme Court which affirms the victory of President Bola Tinubu.
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 presidential election.
The apex court affirmed Tinubu’s victory after it dismissed the appeals filed by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively and the parties.
However, Ben Murray-Bruce while reacting in an X platform (formerly Twitter) post, asked Nigerians to accept the ruling of the apex court which he said had settled all the issues of contention and the matter of who won the 2023 Presidential election.
The former lawmaker advised Atiku to accept the judgment and let the controversy regarding the 2023 presidential election end.
He said; "The Supreme Court has now ruled on the appeal brought by my party and its Presidential candidate. I do not comment on the rightness or wrongness of the judgment, except to say that as a law-abiding and patriotic citizen of Nigeria, it is accepted that the Supreme Court is final.
"Therefore, 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. Therefore, I call on the Peoples Democratic Party and its Presidential candidate, Waziri Atiku Abubakar, to accept the judgment and let this controversy end.
"I congratulate President Bola Tinubu and the people of Nigeria, who now have clarity for the future. Perhaps we 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.
"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.
"May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria," the statement added.