The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to his loss at the Supreme Court today, Wednesday, September 30, 2019.
In a Twitter thread, Atiku says he has accepted the judicial decision because he is a democrat. You can read his statement in the tweets below;
It is said that the Supreme Court is not final because it is infallible, but that it is infallible because it is final.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) October 30, 2019
While I believe that only God is infallible everywhere, and only Nigerians are infallible in our democracy, I must accept that the judicial route I chose to take, as a democrat, has come to a conclusion.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) October 30, 2019
Whether justice was done, is left to the Nigerian people to decide. As a democrat, I fought a good fight for the Nigerian people. I will keep on fighting for Nigeria and for democracy, and also for justice.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) October 30, 2019
The Nigerian judiciary, just like every estate of our realm, has been sabotaged & undermined by an overreaching and dictatorial cabal, who have undone almost all the democratic progress the @OfficialPDPNig and its administrations nurtured for sixteen years, up until 2015.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) October 30, 2019
Can Nigeria continue like this? Recently, former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, averred that Nigeria had rolled back the democratic gains she made in 2015.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) October 30, 2019
When democracy is rolled back, the economy, the society and the judiciary will not be far behind. Today, the nail has been put on the coffin and the gains we collectively made since 1999 are evaporating, and a requiem is at hand.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) October 30, 2019
In a democracy, you need a strong judiciary, a free press and an impartial electoral umpire. Nigeria has none of those three elements as at today.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) October 30, 2019
Two and a half millennia ago, Sophocles said “If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: “Thou shalt not ration justice.” Nigeria will do well to observe this warning.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) October 30, 2019
To those who think they have broken my spirit, I am sorry to disappoint you. I am too focused on Nigeria to think about myself. I gave up that luxury twenty years ago. The question is not if I am broken. The question is if Nigeria is whole?
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) October 30, 2019
This is not a time for too many words. It will suffice for me to remind Nigeria of this – we are an independent nation and we are the architects of our fate. If we do not build a free Nigeria, we may end up destroying her, and God forbid that that should be the case.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) October 30, 2019
I was a democrat, I am a democrat, and I will always continue to be a democrat. May God bless Nigeria. -AA
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) October 30, 2019
Earlier today, the 7-man panel of the Supreme Court dismissed Atiku’s appeal challenging the victory of President Buhari at the February 23 elections.