Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice-presidential candidate of the Labour
Party (LP) in the last elections, has asked Nigerians to wake up, adding that
no justice of the supreme court will give them democracy.
Baba-Ahmed spoke on Monday during an interview on Arise
Television, just hours after Peter Obi, the LP’s standard bearer in the poll,
held a press conference on the verdict of the apex court.
Alongside Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the poll, Obi had challenged the outcome of
the February 25 election and the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the vote.
While dismissing the petitions of both candidates, the
tribunal had affirmed Tinubu as winner of the poll, with the supreme court
upholding the tribunal’s verdict on October 26.
Baba-Ahmed said the tribunal and supreme court did not
affirm the success of President Bola Tinubu in the presidential poll, adding
that the Labour Party won the 2023 presidential election without a shadow of
doubt.
“Democracy in Nigeria is poor. The people have to wake up to
challenges. For the people that are ready to accept anything, then anything
will happen to them,” Baba-Ahmed said.
“Rise up for your rights. No justice of supreme court will
give you democracy.
“The petition court
and the supreme court, please quote me on this, did not actually affirm the
success of Tinubu’s presidency.
“They upheld the unconstitutionality of that election and
they are happy for it to remain so and they have the power, nobody can do
anything about it.
“That is why we said it is an unreasonable show of force. If
there was something we could do, we would stop it but we are law abiding
citizens that is why I am here sitting with you today and still complaining.
“I was not shaken one bit. I will never be shaken by
certificate forgery, by forfeited money over narcotics, I will never be shaken
by IReV switched off in the middle of the game when they saw us winning.
“Labour Party won
2023 presidential election, no doubt about it. They are cheats, they are
bullies and they have taken full advantage of the situation in Nigeria.”
Baba-Ahmed added that he and Obi have accepted the verdict
of the supreme court because it is the last bus-stop for election litigation.
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