“It’s Hard to Believe”: Shehu Sani Reacts to Report of Fashola Writing Judgement for Presidential Tribunal
- A user of the social platform X, Jackson Ude, alleged that Babatunde Fashola and some lawyers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were writing a judgement to hand over to the tribunal
- Former federal lawmaker Shehu Sani said it was difficult to believe such a report of someone writing the judgement for the justices
- Senator Sani said the story was either speculative or preemptive fiction as he does not see the justices sacrificing their honour for such
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A former Kaduna Central lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the report of the former minister for works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, writing the judgment for the Presidential election petition tribunal.
The tribunal is handling the petitions of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, challenging the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 25th February election.
It is hard to believe that tribunal will sacrifice its honour - Sani
Sani said it is hard to believe that the justices of the presidential election petition tribunal will sacrifice their honour for someone to write the Tribunal judgment for them.
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He stated this in a post shared on his verified X handle @ShehuSani
“Though we live in a country of mysteries, magic, miracles and myths, it’s hard to believe that the respective Justices of the Presidential election tribunal will stoop to sacrifice their honour for someone to write the Tribunal judgment for them to read like newscasters. The story is either speculative or preemptive fiction."
Atiku, Tinubu, Obi: Fashola speaks on writing judgement for presidential tribunal, reveals truth
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Babatunde Fashola, former minister of works and housing, has described as untrue media reports of him drafting judgement for the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT).
Meanwhile, Jackson Ude, a Twitter user, 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.
Tribunal reserves judgement in Peter Obi’s petition challenging Tinubu's victory
The tribunal sitting in Abuja reserved judgment on the petition of the 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.
Tribunal reserves judgement challenging President Tinubu’s victory
The Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) in Abuja has reserved judgement challenging the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the February 25 presidential election.
The tribunal said the date of the judgement would be communicated to the parties.
Source: Legit.ng