The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said the judiciary was right when the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi reclaimed his mandate as governor of Anambra State in 2007 but the judiciary was wrong when he lost at the presidential Tribunal on Wednesday.

Wike, a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, spoke exclusively when he featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday.

“Did Peter Obi not win at the Supreme Court when he was removed as governor? Did he pay bribe? Let him tell the world now,” Wike said.

“When he was removed as a governor, did he not reclaim his mandate at the Supreme Court? Judiciary was right but now that the decision happened, judiciary is wrong.”

Speaking on Channels Television’s programme on Thursday, Wike said he is a realist and he knew Obi won’t win the February 25, 2023 poll.

“I know that he won’t win the election. Let me tell you the truth, I am a realist,” the FCT minister said, explaining that he supported Tinubu rather than Obi or Atiku, who happened to be in the same party as himself (Wike).

“For me, the way the election went, it was a tough election. I give it to INEC (the Independent National Electoral Commission),” he said.

Wike said sentiments aside, Obi couldn’t have won the election. “Yes, as a young man, people would have preferred that but look at how the votes went,” he said.

“There is this generational change, the young people were tired. So, for them, the only hope they had was to vote for Obi as a younger person compared to other candidates.

“But unknown to them, that is not the reality of Nigerian politics. They didn’t take into cognisance that ethnicity is a factor. They didn’t take into cognisance that religion is a factor, not only competence; that is the reality of Nigerian politics,” the ex-governor of Rivers State said.

MatrixReloaded:
You will be axed down by fulani/Shiites soon, this I have seen... Watery mouth Dick . Abuja will be your doom

helinues:


Why wishing evil things to Wike just because he attacked your lawd and saviour Obi?

Don't be bitter, this is just politics

festacman:

This is why It is important to make uploading results from polling booths mandatory part of the INEC's transmission of results to the collation centre. Otherwise, the current "go to court" shenanigans will continue.

jerk:
Why did you rig the election if you are sure that he won't win Rivers State landslide.

festacman:
The fact is that Judiciary's treatment of presidential election petitions over the years has always been about avoiding political crises rather than giving justice to petitioners. From Obasanjo, Yar'adua, Buhari and now Tinubu, the worry facing the judges has always being the likely effect of judgement on political stability of Nigeria. Of course, financial inducement or any other interferences may not be ruled out but the mindset of judges is that all politicians are the same and none is worth sacrificing the stability of the country for.

For example in Tinubu's case, outright cancellation wouldn't have solved any problem because:
- The acting president who would have overseen new election is Senate President Godswill Akpabio who is dependable Tinubu's ally.
- The same INEC team that organized the cancelled election would have organized the new election and even in the situation that another INEC chairman is required, Akpabio would still have power to appoint.
- The IG of police who would have overseen the security during the elections would have been a Tinubu boy with 100% loyalty
- Same for security chiefs who would have done everything possible to retain their offices as Tinubu losing means loss of job for them.
In other word, ordering a new election wouldn't actually solved problem except create political crises apart from heavy financial burden on the treasury.

This is why It is important to make uploading results from polling booths mandatory part of the INEC's transmission of results to the collation centre. Otherwise, the current "go to court" shenanigans will continue.

LegendHero:


What will uploading result from polling booth on Irev Portal solve? Let’s talk about magnitude in percentage.

Uploading result from polling booth won’t stop rigging. Infact, if irev result alone is declared as the source of truth, it will only lead to chaos and e-rigging.

1. Usually, rigging occurs in rural areas which are away from the eyes of media. You can bribe other party agents or threaten them and they upload doctored result on irev and that’s all.

2. Hackers can easily jam INEC network and then upload their own version of signed results.

3. If you mean to say both paper result given to party agents and irev portal should be used as source of truth, then what happens when an official is unable to upload result due to bad network is so remote area on time? Will they disenfranchise the people and cancel their votes because of that?

4. Peter Obi lawyers are deceivers. When Tinubu was up against PDP back then at the tribunal, he did not depend on INEC alone to prove his case for those ACN governors, but rather he went to bring independent forensic investigators to show that the number of time it takes to thumbprint some of the ballots is 5sec which is against the natural 5-15 min.

5. Now let’s even say INEC don’t like Obi. Then why can’t Obi ask his party agents to bring the result sheet they have, then look for some of the result on Irev and then compare them. If there is massive scale rigging, there is no way in hell where over 50% of the result on Irev will tally with the agent result sheet. So why did he present blank sheet when he can present actual Irev result that shows and use it as his evidence? Except if you are telling me the only result on Irev are blank.

Lastly, Obi is a sore loser. He cannot use back door to claim legitimacy of the federal republic president. That seat is bigger than him. He is a loser and DID NOT WIN ANY ELECTION.

helinues:


Why wishing evil things to Wike just because he attacked your lawd and saviour Obi?

Don't be bitter, this is just politics

helinues:
Abi. Any process can only be credible if it favour them

PEPT exposed the charade petition. You claim of winning without presenting the court with the figure you had to have won, which states you got 25% and how he arrived at the results.

To be Obidients, brain is not needed

Felimax:
No court in Nigeria will give Obi power except the so called Obidients want to go and be the judge.

Obi is another greatest mistake by PDP.

Lessons learnt! No matter what you do never dine with a traitor.
He successfully made sure power came back to the South so why then did he go to the Tribunal?

festacman:


First, my comment is not about Peter Obi but my opinion about future election in Nigeria. You have the right to express your own opinion.

Second, my opinion is that uploading results should be a COMPOSITE part of the election transmission with both electronic and physical transmission being two halves that makes a whole.

Third, rejoicing and jumping around today like a grasshopper because your candidate benefited doesn't guarantee that your candidate will benefit tomorrow if this shenanigan continues.

highchief1:
why did u not present the evidence he rigged.no single evidence was presented to that effect.or do u want the judges to turn to Twitter for evidence.una be very foolish ppl.

festacman:
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This is why It is important to make uploading results from polling booths mandatory part of the INEC's transmission of results to the collation centre. Otherwise, the current "go to court" shenanigans will continue.

LegendHero:


Well I don’t think my reply to you is confrontational. If it sound so, I apologize.

Now back to the topic @ the bolded:

Aside textbook definition, we all know electronic transmission cannot work the same way across Nigeria because there are actually some region without internet and etc.

So what will happen in the case of people voting and result failing to transmit? Also, what will happen in the case of hackers jamming the network and uploading result on Irev such that inec agent on site are not able to upload valid result?

In that case, which version of the result do we trust? Paper one or the one on Irev?