APC Vs PDP, LP: Why President Tinubu Will Defeat Peter Obi and Atiku in Court Revealed

APC Vs PDP, LP: Why President Tinubu Will Defeat Peter Obi and Atiku in Court Revealed

  • Former Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Bashiru has said that President Bola Tinubu and the APC will become victors at the end of the ongoing Presidential Election Petition Tribunal court
  • Bashiru said the forfeiture case presented against Tinubu by the Labour Party happened in 1999, and the constitution stated that any convicted person could contest an election ten years after the conviction
  • The senator maintained that both the PDP and Labour Party, as well as Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, did not prove to the court how they won the election

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Surajudeen Ajibola Bashiru, the immediate past senator of Osun Central, has disclosed that the outcome of the ongoing Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Court will favour President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking on the possible outcome of the tribunal, the senator knocked the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their candidates, Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar stating that they failed to tell the court how they won the election.

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SRJ reveals how Tinubu will defeat Atiku, Obi in court

Speaking in an interview on Western Sprint TV, the Senator stated that even the witnesses of the opposition parties maintained that the election was free and fair and that both Atiku and Obi failed to present any resent that justified their claim that they won the election.

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He said he was in court on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 20 and 21, and that their lawyer, who tendered forfeiture evidence against Tinubu of the APC, was asked if it was a criminal offence. He said it was not a criminal offence.

SRJ, as he was fondly called, said the claim that Tinubu was charged to court on a narcotic drug case carried no name in the evidence they presented in court.

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The senator said:

"Aside from that, according to the constitution, 'offence bordering on dishonestly', on someone lying before the court, either breach of trust, larceny, stealing, etc., when it is more than ten years, after the conviction, the person is free to contest any election in Nigeria."

He further stressed that the forfeiture case presented in court against President Tinubu is dated back to 30 years and that is 30 years, meaning that evening if Tinubu was charged to court in the United States 30 years ago, he has the right to contest an election.

President Tinubu resumes back to work after Eid-il-Adha break

Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja to fully resume the work of the presidency after spending four days of holiday in Lagos.

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Tinubu landed in Lagos on Tuesday ahead of the celebration of Eid-El-Adha, during which he met with some traditional rulers in the Southwest.

The president had earlier travelled to London, where he was reported to have held a closed-door meeting with his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari.

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