The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has boldly articulated that its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will eventually withhold victory.

 It was added by the party's spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan that the possibility of this lays in the impartiality of the Court of Appeal during proceedings.

The PDP retains that the election was won by Atiku, but that instead of assuming his mandate, the presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) “are busy harassing our leaders and bringing up frivolous allegations against our candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in a bid to distract us from the petition pending before the tribunal,” Vanguard reports.

Speaking with journalists, the PDP's national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, reported that "...President Buhari failed on the three thematic areas of focus he anchored his 2015 campaign on.

“Nigerians compared their living standards while the PDP was in power to the four years of the ruling APC and concluded that it was time to take back their country. That is why we reminded fellow citizens that the election was a referendum on hunger, poverty, economy, anti-corruption and what have you. “We have strong evidence that our candidate won the election and that is why they are not comfortable today.

"They will raise one allegation or the other against our party and when you confront them to prove same; they will keep mute and then rise yet another. Nigerians have seen through their lies and are no longer moved by such things.

The PDP dissolved that Justice Bulkachuwa should not be part of a panel to hear the petition listed by the opposing party, claiming that it’s her husband’s party.

“We insist that our country is one of civilization. The PDP has nothing personal against Justice Bulkachuwa but we are saying that on the basis of morality, she should not be part of a panel to hear the petition of a party which listed the APC, the political platform of her husband as an interested party,” Ologbondiyan stated.