Displeased by the recent ruling of Supreme Court upholding the victory of President Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in 2023 general elections, Peter Obi says “Nigeria’s democracy is the victim” following the verdict of the apex court.
Obi emphatically stated that the rulings of the apex court contradict the overwhelming evidence of “election rigging, identity theft, false claim of technical hitch. He added that the Supreme Court has transferred a moral burden from the courtroom to the society”.
He spoke during a press conference in Abuja, on Monday, stating that the judgement amounts to a total breach of the confidence the Nigerian people have in our judiciary.
“This Supreme Court ruling may represent the state of the law in 2023 but not the present demand for substantive justice. The judgment mixed principles and precepts. Indeed, the rationale and premise of the Supreme Court judgment, have become clearer in the light of the deep revealing and troubling valedictory remarks by Hon. Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad, (JSC) on Friday 27th October 2023.
“In disagreeing very strongly with the ruling of both the Presidential Petitions Court (PEPC) and the Supreme Court on the outcome of the 25th February 2023 Presidential election as declared by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as democrats who believe in the rule of law, we recognize that the Supreme Court is the end stage of the quest for legal closure to the matter.
“As a party and as candidates, Datti and I have now exhausted all legal and constitutional remedies available to us. However, this end is only another beginning in our quest for the vindication of the hope of the common man for a better country. After all, sovereignty belongs to the people! If only for historical purposes, it behooves us to place our disagreement with and deep reservations about this judgment on public record,” he said.
. TheWitness
