President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he is not surprised that his major challenger in the February 23 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, is contesting the results of the election in court.
Mr Buhari said this on Saturday after casting his vote for his preferred governorship and State House Assembly candidates at the polling unit 003 Kofar Baru III, Gidan Niyam, Daura, Katsina State.
Buhari was declared winner having polled 15,191,847 votes, winning in 19 states, to defeat 72 other candidates, including Atiku, who scored 11, 255,978 votes, winning in 17 states and the FCT.
Atiku has already recorded a first milestone in court during the week when the tribunal ruled in his favour, compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to release electoral materials used for the polls for inspection.
Buhari, reacting to the decision of Atiku to seek legal redress over the outcome of the election, told newsmen at the polling unit: “I expect that to happen.’’
He also said he would be leaving the handling of security across the nation to the police and other security agencies.
