The Director of Research and Documentation of the Atiku/Okowa
Presidential Campaign Organization, Dr. Don Pedro Obaseki, has said his
principal, Atiku Abubakar, is insisting on the release of President Ahmed
Tinubu’s academic records by the Chicago
state university (CSU), principally in order to expose alleged identity fraud.
Obaseki said this during a zoom conference hosted by Prof.
Gold Emmanuel, a psychologist based in London, on Monday.
He explained that President Tinubu was fighting to prevent
disclosure of details of the documents which he admitted “would cause
irreparable damage to his person,” because of this; and other facts contained
therein.
According to him, a shocker awaits Nigerians when details of
Mr. President’s academic records are made public by the university because the
real owner of the certificate he has been laying claim to will be exposed.
Obaseki said, “Nigerians will be more demoralised that the
owner of the certificate that President Tinubu is parading is a woman. We
already know it as a fact, but we are seeking the release of the documents
officially by CSU.”
He also expressed confidence that the documents when
released, may compel the Supreme Court to consider fresh evidence in support of
petitions currently before it.
Obaseki further said , “Even when the court of first instance
and the appellate court have convicted someone to death and minutes before the
Supreme Court gives it’s final judgement and there arose a fresh and compelling
facts and evidence, the apex court is bound to listen to the fresh facts before
making it’s final judgement.
“It is an unwritten proviso that where there is a compelling
factual facts other than what is already obtained in the Presidential Election
Petition Court (PEPC), that the Supreme Court will be bound to accept the new
facts of law and rule on them.”
The campaign director also took a swipe at the judgement
delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, which he described
as short of bringing justice to a majority of right thinking Nigerians.
He noted that the PEPC‘s interpretation of the law with
regards to the position of the 1999 Constitution ( As Amended), on the Federal
Capital Territory, was with all due
respect, an attempt to manufacture evidence.
Obaseki said, “Abuja cannot be called a state. A state as
stipulated in the 1999 constitution must
have a state assembly of its own. A state must have a governor. Abuja as
presently constituted is not a state.
” FCT or Abuja as the case may be is patterned after
Washington in the United States of America. It is such made so that no one part
of the country can claim it. It is home to all Nigerians.
“The FCT was carved out of Niger state, Kogi state, Benue
state and Nasarawa state. It cannot be declared a state by the PEPC.
“The PEPC cannot amend the 1999 constitution through the
back door. There are processes to do that. This is one important issue that the
supreme court must address”, he added.
He equally accused President Tinubu of arresting Nigeria’s
development through his knee jerk approach to economic issues.
Obaseki declared, “In one full swoop of three words, he
removed the fuel subsidy without caring of the consequences to the already
multi dimensional poverty in Nigeria. He devalued the naira among other
policies that has negatively affected
the economy.”
He explained that the Supreme Court has a moral obligation
to ensure that Nigerians irrespective of social status get justice.
Obaseki rechoed the position of his principal rejecting any
form of military intervention because democracy, despite its
imperfections, remains the best form of
government.
He also demanded for the prosecution of the chairman,
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, whom he
accused of complicity in the current travails of Nigerians when he allegedly
manipulated the electoral process to give the All Progressives Congress
unmerited victory.
“INEC abandoned all the policies it advocated that would
ensure a free and fair election in the country.
“Is it not curious that two elections took place same day,
same time, one result was transmitted electronically and the other was not?” He
added.
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