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The United Nations (UN) has advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and other opposition parties aggrieved with the results of the Saturday’s presidential election to channel their grievances to the court of law.
The UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, disclosed this in an interview with NAN in New York recently.
He noted that a legal hearing will douse any tension the results of the election may have triggered since Saturday.
While disclosing that the international body offered technical support to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the election, the UN spokesperson said: “It is important at this point in any election, in any country, and we’ve seen it in the north, we’ve seen it in the south and east and west, we’ve seen issues of great tension following elections when people didn’t accept the results.”
Although the UN did not play a role in observing the elections, Dujarric said it is common for tensions to arise whenever results do not sit well with the people.
He, therefore, called for calm in the country, saying it would take a process to see desired results.
“It is important that all stakeholders work for the better, for the stability of the country and use existing legal and constitutional channels to challenge, if they so wish, any election results,” the UN spokesperson said.
“What is important is that as in any election, any… that if any candidate or group of candidates have an issue with the results that they go through the established legal and constitutional channels to work out their challenges.
“And it is very important for everyone to remain calm as that process or these processes play out,” he added.
