The song of ‘No deal’ is still loud on the mind of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in last Saturday’s election.
Many had thought that his meeting with the National Peace Committee on Thursday could make him drop the legal action against the outcome of the election.
But he has said the matter was not even part of the agenda.
According o a statement by his media aide, Paul Ibe, Atiku called for the unconditional release of party members “illegally arrested during the elections” and “detained for political reasons.”
He also called for the non-deployment of the military in compliance with constitutional provisions and the subsisting judgment of the court.
The former vice president, who described the election as a sham, said it was marked by militarisation, vote suppression, intimidation in collaboration with security agencies, INEC and the ruling party to subvert the will of Nigerians.
He said that the issue of his party’s recourse to legitimate actions to reclaim the “stolen’’ mandate was not discussed at the meeting.
The National Peace Committee was represented at the meeting which took place in Atiku’s residence in Abuja by former military Head of State, Gen. Abdulasalami Abubakar, the Chairman of the committee; John Cardinal Onaiyekan and Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah.
Others were PDP presidential candidate, his vice presidential candidate, Peter Obi, Senate President and D-G of PDP presidential campaign council, Senator Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus.
