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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said the Supreme Court judgement delivered on Friday is not a setback to his quest for justice at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT).
Supreme Court had on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by the PDP, seeking the disqualification of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Sen Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The opposition party had argued that Shettima had a double nomination as vice presidential and senatorial candidate in the same election cycle.
Reacting to the apex court’s ruling via a post on his Twitter page, Atiku said his legal team is primed to robustly prove that the election of February 25 was fraudulent, did not comply with the constitutional requirements and the electoral guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and that the announced winner was not even qualified to contest the poll.
“The Supreme Court’s dismissal of the case of the @OfficialPDPNig is not a setback to my quest for justice. Our legal team are primed to robustly prove that the election of February 25 was fraudulent, did not comply with the constitutional requirements and the electoral guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission, @inecnigeria, and that the announced winner was not even qualified to contest the poll.
“The battle for democracy and the enthronement of a new order to spur growth and development in Nigeria is one to which I have committed my all and for which I am not ready to walk away at this point when our nation is at crossroads. We know that sooner than later, our esteemed Justices will make the pronouncement that will serve as a befitting requiem for mandate bandits.
“I urge my supporters to exercise patience and conduct themselves peaceably as we diligently conduct our litigation at the Presidential Election Tribunal Court,” he wrote.
