"This Judgement Will Set Us Back To Pre-1999 Election Era" -Okonkwo Says As Obi Lose At The Tribunal

A Chieftain of the Labour Party, Kenneth Okonkwo after Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar lost to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja yesterday.

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Kenneth Okonkwo stated on his verified Facebook page; “The PEPC judgement is inherently contradictory and illogical and if allowed to stand will destroy every achievement the Electoral Act,2022, was designed to achieve. This judgement will set us back to pre-1999 election era when manual collation was the albatross of our elections.”

He added; “Those who publicly stated that BVAS will destroy our democracy are now trying to destroy the BVAS using this judgement. This judgement does not appreciate the intendment of the Legislature for the technological advancement of our elections and appears bent on destroying it”

He stated further; “This judgement is an analogue judgement applied to a technologically advanced Electoral Act 2022. To rule that civil forfeiture is not a fine as contemplated by the Constitution is to overule the decision of the Chief Justice of Nigeria.”

He noted; “A court which cited the preamble of the Constitution to explain away scoring 25% in FCT, couldn’t use the preamble of the Electoral Act to explain the clear intention of the lawmakers regarding the electronic transmission of results. I disagree with this judgement in its entirety”

The recent statement by Kenneth Okonkwo in his verified Twitter page has generated a lot of reactions from his fans and numerous followers on the social media platform.

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