₦airaland Forum

Labour Party’s vice presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that the Supreme Court did not affirm the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, contrary to the general belief

According to the former federal lawmaker, the apex court merely upheld what he described as the illegality declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Datti Baba-Ahmed stated this when he appeared as a guest on Arise TV on Monday evening, hours after his boss, Peter Obi, addressed the press on the outcome of the judicial process in the aftermath of the election.

He said they had rejected the Supreme Court judgement and did not accept it as a valid ruling.

Peter Obi had gone to the apex court to challenge the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which upheld INEC’s declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the election.

The apex court, in its ruling, stood by the PEPT’s decision, affirming Tinubu as the duly elected president.

“Please quote me on this: the Appeal and Supreme Courts did not affirm Tinubu’s presidency. They merely upheld the illegality of INEC’s declaration,” Datti Baba-Ahmed said on Arise TV.

“We accepted the judgment because it was the last step for HE Peter Obi and I to take; we rejected and did not accept it as a valid judgment.”

pandoragirigory:
This guy is submerged by post election severe trauma

seunmsg:
This guy is as empty, dull and incoherent as Peter Obi.

APCNig:
It's difficult for Almajaris to understand complex sentences. Those judges spoke too much in legal terms which are alien to an Almajari who grew up begging on the streets. So I understand his problem

Ikaeniyan0:
Only a daft person will make the kind of statements he made.

Datti and Obi had the chance to prove how they won the election. They had the chance to present the real figures from each polling unit, they failed to make use of the opportunity to show how they won, but wants to keep on disturbing Nigerians peace, wailing about how Tinubu didn't win.

Bobloco:
They won the election

you know they are up against a notorious narcotics drug trafficker engaging in criminal state capture with entrenched incumbency power

Ikaeniyan0:
How did they win? Obi only won Lagos by a slim margin in the south west.

He couldn't even get up to 25% in 5 south western state.

Ikaeniyan0:
How did they win? Obi only won Lagos by a slim margin in the southwest.

He couldn't even get up to 25% in 5 southwestern states.

Righthussle:
E don do. Let's move on.

Sorry for your loss.

APCNig:
It's difficult for Almajaris to understand complex sentences. Those judges spoke too much in legal terms which are alien to an Almajari who grew up begging on the streets. So I understand his problem

DomPerignon:
Only INEC is saddled by law to conduct elections and declare a winner.

The courts only review any pending petition before it challenging INEC's conclusion of any election.


Dunce.

seunmsg:
This guy is as empty, dull and incoherent as Peter Obi.

seunmsg:
This guy is as empty, dull and incoherent as Peter Obi.

pandoragirigory:
This guy is submerged by post election severe trauma