{"id":92693,"date":"2023-07-23T10:55:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T09:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/your-claim-on-presidential-election-arrant-nonsense-apc-to-atiku"},"modified":"2023-07-23T13:12:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T12:12:29","slug":"your-claim-on-presidential-election-arrant-nonsense-apc-to-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/your-claim-on-presidential-election-arrant-nonsense-apc-to-atiku","title":{"rendered":"Your claim on presidential election arrant nonsense \u2013 APC to Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The All Progressives Congress (APC), says the allegation made by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar lacks substance.<\/p>\n<p>The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, in a statement issued on Saturday, described Atiku\u2019s allegations as arrant nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>He said there was nothing in Atiku\u2019s statement that was worth a reaction from the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson said Atiku\u2019s statement alleged that the APC and its government are engaged in a plot to intimidate members of the judiciary towards unduly influencing the outcome of pending cases before the court.<\/p>\n<p>Morka stressed Atiku and his minions offered no evidence to support their wild, hollow, and mischievous allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson stressed that President Bola Tinubu and the APC won the election convincingly, adding that the ruling party has faith and confidence in the courts to dispense electoral justice in accordance with the Constitution and all applicable laws.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cQuite frankly, there is nothing in Atiku Abubakar\u2019s statement that is worth a reaction from the APC. It is just arrant nonsense, totally lacking in substance and cogency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s only imaginable purpose is a childish attempt to float an alibi to deflect the shame of a highly probable defeat in court, having miserably failed to make out a credible case to justify his bogus claim that he won the last Presidential Election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The All Progressives Congress (APC), says the allegation made by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar lacks substance. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, in a statement issued on Saturday, described Atiku\u2019s allegations as arrant nonsense. He said there was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":92691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[1570,2140,34,316,254],"class_list":["post-92693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-apc","tag-atiku","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Your claim on presidential election arrant nonsense \u2013 APC to Atiku - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The All Progressives Congress (APC), says the allegation made by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Pa ...\" \/>\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.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/your-claim-on-presidential-election-arrant-nonsense-apc-to-atiku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Your claim on presidential election arrant nonsense \u2013 APC to Atiku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The All Progressives Congress (APC), says the allegation made by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Pa ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/your-claim-on-presidential-election-arrant-nonsense-apc-to-atiku\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-23T09:55:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-23T12:12:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/sm_1690098022.975864.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/your-claim-on-presidential-election-arrant-nonsense-apc-to-atiku#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/your-claim-on-presidential-election-arrant-nonsense-apc-to-atiku\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Your claim on presidential election arrant nonsense \u2013 APC to Atiku\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-23T09:55:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-23T12:12:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/your-claim-on-presidential-election-arrant-nonsense-apc-to-atiku\"},\"wordCount\":255,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/your-claim-on-presidential-election-arrant-nonsense-apc-to-atiku#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/07\/sm_1690098022.975864.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"APC\",\"Atiku\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/your-claim-on-presidential-election-arrant-nonsense-apc-to-atiku#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/your-claim-on-presidential-election-arrant-nonsense-apc-to-atiku\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/your-claim-on-presidential-election-arrant-nonsense-apc-to-atiku\",\"name\":\"Your claim on presidential election arrant nonsense \u2013 APC to Atiku - 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