BREAKING: 'How Supreme Court Allegedly Abandoned its Responsibility', Obi Speaks Out After Loss
- Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 2023 election, has criticised the October 26, 2023 verdict of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
- Obi spoke at a press conference in Abuja about two weeks after the apex court affirmed the February 25, 2023, electoral victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
- Obi faulted the verdict of the apex court but admitted that his legal tussle to unseat President Tinubu has ended
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FCT, Abuja - Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) has alleged that the Supreme Court "abandoned its responsibility as a court of law and policy" in its verdict upholding President Bola Tinubu's electoral victory.
Obi, during a 'world press conference' on Monday, November 6, said the apex court's decision to affirm President Tinubu's election "contradicts the overwhelming evidence of election rigging, false claim of technical glitch, and substantial non-compliance with rules set by INEC". INEC, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is an agency that oversees elections in Nigeria.
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Obi unhappy with Supreme Court's verdict
The LP chieftain stated that the allegations made concerning the electoral process that brought Tinubu to power were "hefty", and "should not be treated with levity".
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Obi said:
"Setting legal issues aside, the Supreme Court exhibited a disturbing aversion to public opinion just as it abandoned its responsibility as a court of law and policy. It is, therefore, with great dismay that I observe that the Court’s decision contradicts the overwhelming evidence of election rigging, false claim of a technical glitch, substantial non-compliance with rules set by INEC itself as well as matters of perjury, identity theft, and forgery that have been brought to light in the course of this election matter.
"These were hefty allegations that should not to be treated with levity. More appalling, the Supreme Court judgement willfully condoned breaches of the Constitution relative to established qualifications and parameters for candidates in presidential elections."
Supreme Court affirms Tinubu winner
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Supreme Court rejected Atiku Abubakar and Obi's appeal challenging President Tinubu's election.
In a decision monitored by Legit.ng on Thursday, October 26, the Supreme Court determined that Atiku's appeal as the People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate and Obi's lack a solid legal basis.
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