Today's Headlines: Tribunal: Judiciary Right When Obi Reclaimed Mandate As Gov, Wrong When He Lost – Wike., Obi rejects tribunal judgement, says he won’t relent in quest for justice.
Tribunal: Judiciary Right When Obi Reclaimed Mandate As Gov, Wrong When He Lost – Wike.
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said the judiciary was right when the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) reclaimed his mandate as governor of Anambra State in 2007 but the judiciary was wrong when he lost at the presidential Tribunal on Wednesday.
Wike, a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, spoke exclusively when he featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday.
“Did Peter Obi not win at the Supreme Court when he was removed as governor? Did he pay bribe? Let him tell the world now,” Wike said.
“When he was removed as a governor, did he not reclaim his mandate at the Supreme Court? Judiciary was right but now that the decision happened, judiciary is wrong.”
Obi rejects tribunal judgement, says he won’t relent in quest for justice.
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Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has rejected the judgement of the election petitions tribunal.
On Wednesday, the tribunal struck out the various charges filed by Obi and the LP challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 poll.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday in Anambra, Obi said he would not relent in the quest for justice and would appeal the judgement of the tribunal.
“As petitioners in this case, we respect the views and rulings of the court, but we disagree with the court’s reasoning and conclusions in the judgment it delivered,” Obi said.It is my intention as a presidential candidate and the intention of the Labour Party to challenge this judgment by way of appeal immediately, as allowed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Our legal team has already received our firm instruction to file an appeal against the decision. I shall not relent in the quest for justice, not necessarily for myself but indeed for our teeming supporters all over the country and beyond whose mandate to us at the polls was regrettably truncated by INEC.
The former Anambra governor implored Nigerians to remain focused, steadfast, and peaceful.
Every Aspect Of LP’s Petitions Was Trashed, Tanko Yunusa Faults Tribunal
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A chieftain of the Labour Party, Tanko Yunusa, on Thursday, took a swipe at the President Election Petitions Court’s judgment that upheld the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Yunusa, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said the Tribunal trashed all aspects of his party’s petition that challenged Tinubu’s victory in the February 25, 2023 poll.
In a 12-hour marathon judgement on Wednesday, the Tribunal threw out the petitions of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM); the petitions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar; as well as the petitions of Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
APC Enjoins Nigerians To Work With Tinubu
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has enjoined Nigerians of all walks of life irrespective of creed, religion and political persuasion to joins hands with the ruling party and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as it confronts challenges of governance.
National Secretary of the party Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru made the appeal at a press conference in Abuja where he applauded the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which on Wednesday reaffirmed the victory of the APC and its candidate as duly elected by Nigerians at the February 25 election.
While commending the judiciary, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Security Forces and electorates for staying resolute behind the result of the poll, Senator Bashiru maintained that the decision of the PEPT was a wholesale endorsement of the vision of the APC.
The statement jointly signed by the National Secretary and National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka reads :
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