Taking his woeful loss at the just concluded presidential election beyond proportion, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, led his supporters and PDP Leader on a protest to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Theliberationnews gathered that Atiku arrived at Legacy House, the presidential campaign headquarters of the PDP at 11 am where he joined other PDP leaders who had awaited his arrival.
According to report, the protest march took off at about 11:10 am. Joined in the march are the PDP National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu and other members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC).
Also joining the protest are the chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator Adolphus Wabara; Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; Chief Raymond Dokpesi; former Adamawa State Governor, Boni Haruna among other chieftains.
Recall that Atiku, the former vice president of the country and serial contestant for the highest political office in the country came second behind the candidate of the ruling party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Atiku polled 6,984,520 while the eventual winner, Tinubu amassed 8,794,726 votes.
The candidate of the Labour Party, on the other hand, polled 6,101,533 votes to come distant third while Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) got just 1,496,687 votes.
