A former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to approach the Supreme Court to
set aside the election of President Bola Tinubu.
Atiku, said he was dissatisfied with the judgement of the
Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, that affirmed President Tinubu as
the valid winner of the presidential election held on February 25.
Speaking through his team of lawyers led by Chief Chris
Uche, SAN, the PDP candidate, said he only got a judgement from the court and
not justice.
“Judgement has just been delivered but we have not received
justice. Luckily, the Constitution has given us the right to go on appeal.
“This is the court of first instance. We still have the
right to go on appeal to the Supreme Court and you see, this is a struggle that
is not just for our client, but for the Constitution of this country, for the
rule of law and democracy.
“We were expecting an outcome that will improve, encourage
the use of technology to enhance election management, to enhance transparency,
to enhance accountability, so that Nigerians will believe in democracy.
“So that Nigerians can come out in their masses like they
did, to vote. We don’t want Nigerians to be discouraged.
“There are certain things and principle of law that he know
that we need to explore and we strongly believe that when we get to the Supreme
Court, it will have the opportunity to review a number of things that have been
said here today.
“We have the instruction of our client to go to the Supreme
Court. So, we have asked for the records. We have asked for the judgement. We
are going to apply for the transmission of the records because we have a very
limited time to push this.
“So, the struggle continues and as it is said, it is not
over until it is over,” Atiku’s lawyer added.
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