For asking Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to apologize to Nigerians rather than appeal his loss at the election tribunal, Lai Mohammed, Information Minister, has been told that he’s smoking weed.

Mr Abubakar lost his case at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) where he challenged the outcome of the election that ushered in President Muhammadu Buhari into his second and final term as a democratic leader.

In delivering judgement Wednesday, the tribunal struck out the entire petition of the former vice president for failing to prove beyond reasonable doubt why the PDP candidate and his party should be declared winner of the February 23 exercise.

Reacting to the decision of the PEPT, Mr Mohammed urged the PDP candidate, popularly known as Atiku, to apologize to Nigerians and shelve reported plans to challenge the decision of the tribunal at the highest court in the land.

Although he is yet to react to the judgement, TODAY POLITICS reports that legal counsel to the former vice president had hinted of plans to appeal the ruling.

”It is intriguing that a party that trumpets the rule of law at every turn will present, in open court, evidence it claimed to have obtained by hacking into a supposed INEC server,” a statement from Segun Adeyemi, media aide to the minister, partly read.

“Don’t they realize this is a criminal act for which they are liable? Instead of threatening to head to the Supreme Court, driven more by ego than commonsense, they should be sorry for allowing desperation to overwhelm their sense of reasoning. Enough is enough,” Mr Adeyemi quoted his principal, who is in Russia, to have said.

Responding, Paul Ibe, media aide to Atiku said asking his principal to apologize indicated that the minister was under the influence of smoked weed.

“Lai: Atiku should apologise to Nigerians,” Mr Ibe said in a tweet Thursday.

“Me: For real? What type of weed are you smoking? It can only be #CertifiedWeed,” he added.

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Source: https://todaypoliticsng.com/youre-smoking-weed-atikus-aide-replies-lai-mohammed-seeking-apology/

Lol

Since May 29, I no longer recognize Buhari as President, I only recognize Atiku Abubakar as my President because his mandate was brazenly stolen by Mohammadu Buhari.

As for Lai, leave him to continue to smoke weed, his eyes go soon clear and his big mouth go put him into trouble

No be only weed ooo, he don mix am with crack join.

It smacks of either ignorance or mischief when PDP members emotionally harp on the PEPT's lawful "affidavit for certificates" ruling to denigrate its painstaking judgement.

What Justice Garba JCA said yesterday in his lead judgement was that in line with the existing electoral law, candidates are not compelled to attach their educational certificates after stating their qualifications in the vital INEC forms provided they back it up with properly sworn affidavit.

This ruling simply implies that while there is nothing wrong with attaching one's certificates whether forged or not, there is also nothing wrong with swearing affidavits that the qualifications you stated in the forms are true.

In these days of rampant forgery, attaching certificates does not prove anything. Also in these days of suspicious claims of credentials loss through fire, robbery or termites/rodent activities, swearing affidavit proves nothing. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Therefore, the authenticity of attached certificates or claims in sworn affidavits can only be verified by proper investigations.

In a situation where any of the certificates is found to be forged or any of the information on the sworn affidavit is found to be false, then a crime has been committed.

Unprofessionalism.

In as much I'm pro PDP, Atiku should go and sit down and rest. E don do abeg

Hahahahaha lai

He pain atikulooters

Thunder fire the both of una

So we get plenty homies wey dey our crew??

FG legalize WEED please, we plenty.

Lai smokes weed, i have an affidavit

Our Nigeria Politicians have all turned to clowns,from presidency down to local government councillors

U are not respecting an elderly man

Please weed is not responsible for that dullard's idiocy, ask crack abeg

you are even answering these people

This is just petty not salvagery

Osogbo weed in particular

Lai my cartel

Taunting someone that is currently in pains will not be good if he revert back at you

Beehshorp:
In as much I'm pro PDP, Atiku should go and sit down and rest. E don do abeg

Na dem

He Is Smoking Buhari's Sh1t

Weed is good though

I can't laugh alone.

Lai is smoking Marley ashes

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Beehshorp:
In as much I'm pro PDP, Atiku should go and sit down and rest. E don do abeg

He is playing PDP against 2023 ticket,he know it’s going to be his biggest chance