President Bola Tinubu has warned members of the presidential elections tribunal that removing him as president could lead to a breakdown of law and order in Nigeria.

Mr Tinubu admitted his failure to score 25 per cent of votes cast in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, but said it was insufficient to overturn his victory as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

“Any other interpretation different from this will lead to absurdity, chaos, anarchy and alteration of the very intention of the legislature,” Mr Tinubu’s lawyers led by Wole Olanipekun said in their final defence statement to the court.

The lawyers were specifically addressing a section of the Nigerian Constitution that said a presidential candidate must score 25 per cent of votes in two-thirds of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, or Abuja.

Public commentary has been rife about the intention of the clause after Mr Tinubu won the highest number of votes in a three-way presidential race in February but failed to score 25 per cent in the FCT.

Mr Tinubu’s team said courts have always been careful about giving extreme interpretation of the Constitution that could spark chaos.

“Our courts have always adopted the purposeful approach to the interpretation of our Constitution, as exemplified in a host of decisions,” the team said.

They also said Mr Tinubu would still have won the election even if he didn’t score anything in Abuja and one other state, although this was not the argument of petitions, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of Labour Party.

“Even if there was no election in one State (including the FCT), or even if the election of a State/States (including the FCT) is/are voided, the entire election cannot be voided or canceled.

“In concluding our arguments on this issue, we urge the court to hold that any election where the electorate exercise their plebiscite, there is neither a ‘royal’ ballot nor ‘royal’ voter; and that residents of the FCT do not have any special voting right over residents of any other State of the federation, in a manner similar to the concepts of preferential shareholding in Company Law.

“We urge this court to resolve this issue against the petitioners and in favour of the respondent,” the lawyers said.

Source: https://newspremises.com.ng/inec-has-declared-me-a-winner-removing-me-as-president-over-failure-to-score-25-in-fct-may-trigger-anarchy-in-nigeria-tinubu-warns-tribunal/

Tinubu is merely intimidating and threatening the judiciary

Audacity!

Does Tinubu have the right to threaten the judiciary? I think white powder is entering his head.

Lalasticlala Mynd44 Dominique

iSense247:
Does Tinubu have the right to threaten the judiciary? I think white powder is entering Tinubu's head.

Tinubu speaking on drugs

Yes o ...he is gone...he don dey wail already...



Peter Obi dey one corner dey recite his Victory speech

nlfpmod
Mynd44
Lalasticlala
Dominique

Hahahaha he who laughs last,lauhs best

Fake news by enemy of Nigeria

masterfactor:
Fake news by enemy of Nigeria

Fire on the mountain

Lalasticlala Mynd44 Dominique

Let me park well here biko

Lalasticlala Mynd44 Nfplmod Dominique

Fake news

Mynd44
Seun
Oam4j

Rule 8

Everyday by day,this people keeps proving that they are the most gullible people in Nigeria. Even if they bury every Ibo man's head in Nigeria, the president can't be unseat. It's a fact

helinues:
Fake news

Mynd44
Seun
Oam4j

Rule 8

Faber:
Yes o ...he is gone...he don dey wail already...



Peter Obi dey one corner dey recite his Victory speech

Mumu if Tinubu is removed where is Atiku for you to talk of Obi? .if that is what is making you happy continue.

Tinubu the mandate thief should be removed and if he do anyhow will receive MKO Abiola treatment.Nonsense.

Tribunal will not even do that. Doing that will mean that if a candidate likes, let him win 28 states of the 36, he cannot be declared president if he fails to 25% in Abuja and is only someone with problem upstairs that will say, that is ok by him.

alizma:
Tribunal will not even do that. Doing that will mean that if a candidate likes, let him win 28 states of the 36, he cannot be declared president if he fails to 25% in Abuja and is only someone with problem upstairs that will say, that is ok by him.

It's not possible for a candidate to win 28 states and not get 25percent in Abuja without rigging.No president before have failed to get 25percent in Abuja

adekolaelect:
Mumu if Tinubu is removed [b] where is Atiku [/b]for you to talk of Obi? .if that is what is making you happy continue.

Atiku is in Dubai already. As for your papa, na him mumu pass🤣🤣

Fear of being disgraced.

damilola4162:



Source: https://newspremises.com.ng/inec-has-declared-me-a-winner-removing-me-as-president-over-failure-to-score-25-in-fct-may-trigger-anarchy-in-nigeria-tinubu-warns-tribunal/

Dear esteemed members of the elections tribunal,

In case you don't understand big grammar in July,

Baba sope " since you've collected my egunje, you must do the work ni o".