Do You Expect Court To Gather Evidence From Street, Market Or Be Intimidated By Social Media Threats? – Presidential Tribunal Knocks Peter Obi, Atiku

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) has berated the presidential candidates and their parties who submitted petitions at the court to seek nullification of Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February election for failing to provide evidence.

Recall that Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party and the Allied Peoples Movement, APM had approached the tribunal to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s election.

While delivering the court’s ruling on Wednesday, a member of the five-person panel Justice Monsurat Bolaji-Yusuf said the petitioners did not bother to tender any credible evidence before the court to prove their various claims.

She added that the petitioners’ performances before the court indicated that they were expecting the tribunal to be intimidated by the social media threats.

She said, “The petitioners did not understand the explanation of the first respondent or were just fixated on their belief that they won the election without any cogent and credible evidence, and they did not even bother to place such credible evidence before this court.

“Were they expecting the court to go and gather evidence from the street or the market? Or to be persuaded or intimidated by threats on social media. That is not the way of the court. It’s clear that the petitions from the onset were engaged in a wild goose chase and inquisitorial adventure.”

Justice Monsurat said: “It’s clear that the petitions from the onset were engaged in a wild goose chase and inquisitorial adventure”.

The five-member panel of judges had dismissed petitions against Tinubu’s victory in the February poll after a marathon judgement at the Appeal Court in Abuja.

While the Labour Party and PDP have rejected the court verdict describing it as unacceptable, President Tinubu has called on the opposition to team up with his government.

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