A former envoy to the Republic of Togo and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ambassador Sola Iji, stated at the weekend that with the validation of the victory of President Bola Tinubu at the last presidential election by the Supreme Court, it is now clearer for Tinubu to fully concentrate on governance and steer the nation towards progress.

Iji, while extending his congratulations to Tinubu on the Supreme Court judgement, called upon the opposition candidates, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party’s Peter Obi, to join hands with the president in leading the country’s affairs.

The apex court had last Thursday dismissed the petitions filed by the candidates of the PDP and LP against the victory of Tinubu at the polls.

In a statement by his spokesman, Onibudo ‘Wole Iroaye, in Akure, the Ondo State capital, at the weekend, Iji, who was also the South-West Coordinator of the Ahmed Tinubu/Shettima Coalition for Good Governance (ATSCGG), described the verdict as a resounding victory for all Nigerians who voted for Tinubu.

According to him, the verdict was a testament that the judiciary remains the bastion of justice without fear or favour and irrespective of intimidation from whatever quarters.

He said: “Now that the cases filed at the Supreme Court against the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have been rightly dismissed as frivolous, vexatious, and lacking in merit, and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared the validly elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is clearer for the Nigerian leader to fully dedicate himself to the governance of our great country and implement his prepared blueprint to turn around our economy to the overall benefit of our people.

“President Tinubu’s great victory at the Supreme Court is a victory not only for himself, his family, and associates but also for our great party, the All Progressives Congress, or APC. It is indeed a resounding triumph for democracy, the entire people of our great country, Nigeria, which is the pride of Africa, and the black people all over the world.

“With this monumental victory, it is now crystal clear that the validly elected, de jure and de facto President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who all Nigerians, including the PDP’s and LP’s presidential candidates, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mr. Peter Obi, respectively, should patriotically rally round in his efforts to build a new Nigeria where true love, harmony, and justice will flourish for the overall benefits of the entire citizenry without discrimination.”

“The judicial breakthrough, which is a cause for celebration for us all, results from the landmark judgement delivered by Justice John Okoro, the panel lead, who meticulously dismissed Atiku Abubakar’s and Peter Obi’s petitions challenging the judgement of the lower Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal Court, PEPTC, which validated Tinubu’s election, for lacking in merit.”