Posted to the web 21 January 2008
Nasir S. Gwangwazo
Abuja
The presidential candidate of All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the last general elections, General Muhammadu
Buhari (rtd), has given the legitimacy question dogging the Yar'Adua administration as a key reason for his rejection the presidency's recent invitation to him to be part of the meeting to discuss the problems facing the nation's electoral problems.
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President Yar'Adua had recently called a meeting of all stakeholders in the nation's politics to discuss distortions in the electoral system.
While leaders of some political parties, including those of ANPP, attended the meeting, the AC-led Conference of All Nigerian Political Parties boycotted it.
A Buhari-led faction of ANPP also shunned the meeting, which took place recently in the presidential villa, Abuja.
Giving reasons for not attending the meeting in an interview with the BBC Hausa service monitored in Kano last night, Buhari said he still refused to accept Yar'Adua's victory in the last general election.
"It is better for you to understand and agree that we are in court challenging the credibility of the 2007 election. Therefore, we cannot accept the person who was announced as winner and his entire government. Full Story
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