President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has told the Supreme Court that
the petition by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP
against the February 25 election was a mere blockbuster with thrilling suspense
and hide-and-seek
The President has now asked the Apex Court to throw away the
appeal filed against the September 6 judgment of the Presidential Election
Petition Court.
Part of the grounds canvassed for dismissal of Atiku’s
appeal is that it is irritating, vague, unwarranted and has no known focus or
destination.
Tinubu, in his response to Atiku’s appeal filed by Wole
Olanipekun SAN on his behalf, specifically claimed the case of the former Vice
President has no legs to stand upon and as well have no wings to fly to the
direction being sought by the PDP presidential candidate.
He claimed that he defeated Atiku and PDP in virtually all
the states of the federation, prompting the Independent National Electoral
Commission INEC to declare him winner after the lawful collations of the
election results in the presence of agents of the appellant.
Tinubu faulted the entire allegations of malpractices,
noncompliance with electoral laws and non-qualifications raised against him by
Atiku, stating that the lower court did not find merits in any of the
allegations, hence, they were dismissed.
The President also challenged the competence of Atiku’s
petition, insisting that what the PDP presidential candidate dressed as
statements of facts were mere hearsays with no probate values.
Tinubu asserted that while Atiku claimed to have won the
majority of the lawful votes cast at the election, he never gave the figure he
scored at the election.
He claimed that what Atiku termed an expert report, was a
mere worthless paper having been produced outside the period of the time
stipulated by law, making it inadmissible by any court of law.
Tinubu drew the attention of the Supreme Court to the
admission of Atiku’s witnesses that the election was free and fair except for
the inability of INEC to transmit the results electorally as earlier promised.
The President insisted that the non-transmission of election
results electronically did not violate any law because the decision to use the
electronic system was just a promise by the electoral body.
Meanwhile, Tinubu’s reply is completely silent on the fresh
evidence claimed to have been procured by Atiku from the Chicago State
University.
At the time of this report, the Supreme Court has not fixed
a date for the hearing of the appeal marked SC/CS/935/2023.
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