{"id":108970,"date":"2023-10-30T14:47:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=108970"},"modified":"2023-10-30T14:47:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:47:58","slug":"scourt-verdict-history-will-vindicate-me-says-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/scourt-verdict-history-will-vindicate-me-says-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u2019Court verdict: History will vindicate me, says Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has said history would vindicate him.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe said this on Monday while addressing the press, after the Supreme Court judgment affirming Bola Tinubu as duly elected President.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com reports last week that the apex court dismissed the appeals by Atiku and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi.<\/p>\n<p>But Atiku said, \u201cAt a critical point in my political life, I always chose the path of truth, morality, and rule of law. History will vindicate me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I joined politics, the critical challenge was kicking the military out of power so that civilian governance could be restored in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt later became a defining struggle and as one of the leaders of that struggle, I was targeted for elimination. Nine policemen guarding my house in Kaduna were murdered in an attempt to assassinate me. I was also forced into exile for nine months because of that incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking further on why he filed a lawsuit against Tinubu on his academic credentials, the former Vice President said, \u201cIt is not about me, it is about our country, Nigeria and the future. It is about the kind of society we want to leave for the next generation and what kind of example we want to set for our children. It is about the reputation of Nigeria and Nigerians in the eyes of the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe showed evidence that Tinubu was not qualified to contest the presidential election because he forged the qualifying academic\u00a0certificate.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has said history would vindicate him. 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