By CHARLES IWUOHA

Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25, 2023 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has warned that the reputation of the country is at stake unless justice is delivered in the case of alleged forged certificates submitted by President Bola Tinubu to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Addressing a world press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Abubakar also rallied Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)’s Rabiu Kwankwaso to join his quest to uphold the ground rules for contesting elections in the country.

“Let me call on all well-meaning Nigerians, leaders of thoughts, our religious, traditional, community and political leaders and in particular, Governor Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP and the leaders of every political party in Nigeria and indeed every single person who loves this country as I do and who wishes nothing but the best for this country as I do, to join me in this campaign to enshrine probity, accountability and the basic principles of justice, morality, and uprightness in our country and in our government. This is a task for every one of us,” he said during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday.

The former Vice President recently received copies of Tinubu’s academic records from Chicago State University to aid his appeal at the Supreme Court against the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the disputed 2023 presidential election.

Abubakar also dismissed insinuations that he had stabbed Tinubu, who was once considered his friend at the back through his actions.

But the former VP clarified that he and Tinubu had initially shared same interests but was betrayed by Tinubu after he (Abubakar) refused to make the current President his Running Mate at the time.