Hyde Kalu, an All Progressives Congress (APC) youth leader, has urged Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar to drop the lawsuit he filed against President Bola Tinubu in the United States.
In the petition, Atiku sought a US district judge to require Tinubu’s alma mater, Chicago State University, to produce the President’s academic records.
In a statement issued on Monday, Kalu urged Atiku to allow the Nigerian judiciary to resolve any problems emerging from the 2023 presidential election.
He stated that Nigeria is being mocked in the international community as a result of the legal issue in the United States.
According to the APC youth leader, the call became imperative because the issue was already drawing bad attention to Nigeria around the world.
He pleaded with Atiku to rescue the country from disgrace.
The statement read,
“Atiku is a statesman, and it is not in contention that he has the love of Nigeria at heart.
“I am sure that no Nigerian is happy with the way our country has been subjected to ridicule over the court ruling in the United States
“For the love of this country and to spare Nigerians the shame of how this process may end, it is important that we plead with Atiku to drop that case and not allow us wash our dirty linens in the public.
“We are all patriots, and I believe that we can have a decent way of handling this matter and save Nigerians the shame of this impending embarrassment.
“The election has come and gone, and a president has emerged. We are all humans, and that is why I am pleading with Atiku to discontinue the case in America for the sake of the country and in consideration of the friendship between him and President Tinubu.”