By Harry Awurumibe, State House, ABUJA
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday said he would have been devastated if the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal judgment of last Wednesday had gone in favour of his challenger and candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.
He said this much while receiving members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors Forum and National Working Committee (NWC) led by the National Chairman, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole at the Council Chambers, State House, Abuja.
President Buhari who won the February 2019 Presidential Election on the platform of APC for the second four years in office revealed that he would have gone into trauma should if the verdict was delivered against him.
Said he, “On this judgment, again it was a fabulous coincidence that it came almost the same time the first Federal Executive Council meeting of this government was taking place. It lasted about the same time with the judgment.
“I thank God for that because I think I would have gone into trauma or something. So I was busy trying to concentrate on the memo. The first memo was on the budget and it took more than five hours. So, while you were doing your thing for nine hours, we were doing our for about seven hours here.
According to the President, “It is a very interesting coincidence and I thank God for it because I would have been in trauma or something of that sort.
“So thank very much for sharing the glory with us. What I will say to your congratulations the chairman of the party and the governors is that we make sure that we really institutionalized the party, so that when we leave the stage the party will continue to lead”, he concluded.
Also speaking at the occasion, Oshiomhole told the President Buhari that APC never doubted that he won the popular votes and the election saying, “All the issues raised by our opponents were thrashed out one after the order by the justices that sat on the panel”.
“But of particular interest to us Mr. President as members of the Progressive family is that we are all aware that the only asset Mr. President has invested and continues to invest in your political journey and your political project is your integrity”, Oshiomhole submitted.
