{"id":704382,"date":"2019-09-12T19:22:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T19:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/12\/tribunal-judgement-not-a-surprise-says-presidency\/"},"modified":"2019-09-12T19:22:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T19:22:07","slug":"tribunal-judgement-not-a-surprise-says-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/12\/tribunal-judgement-not-a-surprise-says-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribunal Judgement Not A Surprise, Says Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_705486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-705486\" style=\"width: 739px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-705486\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/images-4-4.jpeg\" alt=\"Muhammadu Buhari\" width=\"739\" height=\"415\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-705486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A senior special assistant to the president on social investment programmes (SIP), Ismael Ahmed has said that the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the tribunal is not unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>The presidential election petition tribunal had upheld the victory of President Buhari in the last election.<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on the basis that it lacked merit.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Ahmed said:\u00a0 \u201cThe judgment of the presidential election petition tribunal striking out the petition of the PDP and its candidate in the 2019 presidential elections, Atiku Abubakar, and affirming the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the polls is one that we did not see as unexpected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA genuine electoral mandate was given to us in February that truly reflected the mood and political reality in the country. We didn\u2019t win in any state that we didn\u2019t have a strong wind going into the elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Yul Edochie Reacts To Buhari\u2019s Victory At Election Petition Tribunal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a matter of fact, we lost in states that we could have won if we were to do what PDP was used to doing during elections. We wouldn\u2019t have lost Abuja, or Oyo or Imo or Edo where we had APC Governors and a federal government. This was an extremely fair contest with results that reflect the mood of the country at the time and we won squarely as the courts have affirmed today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one in this country can contest President Buhari\u2019s appeal and popular support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany Nigerians do not just love president Buhari because he is loveable, but they cherish the qualities and charisma he brings to the table. He is a man of determination, he has an unassailable public profile that speaks humility and integrity, he is focused and has Nigeria\u2019s interests at heart. President Buhari is a patriot. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis sacrifices and commitments to this country are a matter of public knowledge and record. So it is not surprising to see that Nigerians went to the polls to vote him overwhelmingly. I was confident of our victory from the start and I was also confident that the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal would only affirm this victory.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari A senior special assistant to the president on social investment programmes (SIP), Ismael Ahmed has said that the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the tribunal is not unexpected. The presidential election petition tribunal had upheld the victory of President Buhari in the last election. The tribunal on Wednesday dismissed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":704024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-704382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tribunal Judgement Not A Surprise, Says Presidency - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/12\/tribunal-judgement-not-a-surprise-says-presidency\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tribunal Judgement Not A Surprise, Says Presidency - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari A senior special assistant to the president on social investment programmes (SIP), Ismael Ahmed has said that the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the tribunal is not unexpected. 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