Atiku, Tinubu, Obi: Fashola Speaks on Writing Judgement for Presidential Tribunal, Reveals Truth
- Former minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, has cleared the air regarding his involvement in the tribunal's final judgement
- Fashola, through his aide, revealed that the reports of him writing the judgement for the tribunal were false
- While describing the viral reports as 'baseless and defamatory', the former governor of Lagos state vowed to sue those behind the offensive claims
Babatunde Fashola, former minister of works and housing, has described as untrue media reports of him drafting judgement for the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
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A Twitter user, Jackson Ude, had alleged that Fashola and some lawyers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were writing a judgement the ruling party intends to hand over to the judge.
Fashola clears air on writing judgement for presidential election tribunal
However, in a statement on Sunday, August 6, Hakeem Bello, special adviser on media to Fashola, said the allegation is “baseless and defamatory”, The Cable reported.
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The former minister, who called on security agencies to take action against those responsible for the act, believed that the allegations might be part of a wider campaign to undermine the judiciary, ThisDay report added.
“Fashola expressed his disappointment with the spread of this false information on social media platforms and has called on security agencies to take action against those responsible for spreading fake news,” the statement reads.
Tinubu, Atiku or Obi? SDP presidential candidate predicts winner of tribunal
The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 elections, Adewole Adebayo, has spoken concerning the possible outcome of the presidential election petition tribunal.
The SDP candidate disclosed on Twitter that the 2023 election petition is one of the easiest to dispense with since the year 1999.
He acknowledged that the petitions submitted by Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP lacked merit and were poorly presented.
Tribunal reserves judgement in Peter Obi’s petition challenging Tinubu's victory
The tribunal sitting in Abuja reserved judgment on the petition of Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, challenging the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The five-member justices led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, on Tuesday, August 1, said the court would communicate the judgement date to the parties.
Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, filed a petition seeking the sack of Tinubu.
Source: Legit.ng
