'I didn't lose 2023 Presidential Election', Atiku insists, hints at reclaiming his mandate

The February 25 flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has again maintained that he won the 2023 presidential election.

Speaking at a reception organized by the PDP Governors Forum (PDPGF) for outgoing, re-elected, newly elected and former governors of the party on Thursday in Abuja, he said the PDP must stay together and focus on how to regain what he described as its stolen mandate.

Atiku also advised members to examine how the PDP receded from being the oldest and dominant political party in 1999 to its present status, The Nigerian Tribune reported.

The former vice president of Nigeria said: “We all know that the PDP did not lose the last election. So, we should be determined and focused on retrieving our mandate that has been stolen.”

Atiku, therefore, called on leaders and stakeholders of the party to reflect on prevailing challenges and come up with strategies that will enable the PDP to take its dominant place once again, The Punch report added.

The presidential election petition court had its day 4 sittings on Thursday, May 11, to hear the suit filed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) against Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Since the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election, the opposition parties, including Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the PDP and Labour Party, have rejected the outcome of the poll.

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