Just Listened To The Judgement & Saw How Court Relied On A Letter Written To APC By Shettima-Okonkwo
A veteran Nollywood actor and a Chieftain of the Labour Party, Mr Kenneth Okonkwo, has noted disclosure that he just listened to the judgement that was delivered today by the Presidential Election Petition Court and he saw how the court relied on a letter of withdrawal written to APC by Kashim Shettima on the 6th of July 2023, to indicate an intention not to be doubly nominate for both the position of Borno Central Senatorial seat and the seat of the Vice President.
Furthermore, he made it known that maybe the court forgot that it was on the 10th of July, at Daura, that Bola Tinubu said openly that he has chosen Kashim Shettima as Vice-Presidential candidate and that Shettima was not aware of it yet.
He went on and demanded to know how someone will be able to withdraw his nomination from the senate, just because of nomination for the Vice-Presidential seat at a time when he wasn’t aware that he was going to be nominated.
Mr Kenneth Okonkwo made this disclosure in a post he made on his official X handle on Wednesday afternoon, while reacting to the judgement that was today delivered by the court.
The Labour Party’s Chieftain went on and made it known that this is the reason why a lot of people believe the said letter was written after the respondents realised that they were already in trouble, of offending the double nomination provision.
In addition, he noted that evaluation of evidence must be logical, noting that this is why judgement in election petitions must be concluded before candidates are sworn in.
It should be recalled that the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, today delivred judgement on the petitions filed by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, Challenging the election that produced Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the President.
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