Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima has declared that this year’s presidential election was the freest and fairest in the country’s history.
Shettima asked Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, to accept the results of the vote.
In an interview with BBC Hausa on Wednesday, he said they need to “join forces to rescue our country” to keep things out of hand.
“In my own understanding, this is the most free and fair election ever conducted like the one on Saturday. It was conducted according to what the law says,” Shettima said.
“I believe those who are calling for the cancellation of the polls haven’t come out to explain to the people where there were mistakes during the elections.
“Our candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu lost his state Lagos and Ikeja, which is his local government; we didn’t say anything.
“The president since 2003 has never lost in Katsina state, but in this election, he lost, and we didn’t say anything.
“You see, in Abia, they said we got 8,914, and the LP candidate got 302,795. We didn’t say anything because we believe it’s God who gives power, and we have to accept the outcome of the election.
“The Labour Party won in Abuja; they were on top in Nasarawa state; they won in Plateau state. In Imo, where we have a sitting governor, we got about sixty-something thousand.
“Therefore, they (the opposition) should accept the outcome of the polls and accept that God gives power.
“The best thing to do is for us to come together and join forces to rescue our country. I have a strong feeling that Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president and Mr Peter Obi won’t want our country to go into chaos or be destroyed.”
