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Tinubu Sent Governors To Persuade Me To Drop Case – Atiku

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Thursday, said some serving governors on behalf of President Bola Tinubu attempted to persuade him to drop the case he instituted against the President at the initial stage of the trial.

This was has the former Vice President vowed not to back down on his election petition case currently pending before the Supreme Court.

He stated this at a media conference in Abuja, adding that he would pursue the case to a logical conclusion, whether he wins or loses.

Atiku added that he refused to grant audience to the said governors who he said claimed claimed to be intervening on behalf of the President

He said: “I will only drop the case when the court rules on it. If the court says I am right, fine. If it says he (President Tinubu) is right, fine.”

  • Kazeem Badmus

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