Latest News

Instead of appealing judgement, PDP, Atiku should apologise to Nigerians ― Lai Mohammed

Published by

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has asked the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the last elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to apologise to Nigerians for willfully distracting the Buhari Administration with a frivolous election petition, instead of appealing the ruling of Wednesday’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

In a statement issued in St Petersburg, Russian Federation, on Thursday, the Minister said while the PDP and its candidate reserve the right to pursue their petition to the highest level, they will be better served by dropping their toga of desperation and realising that there is a limit to tomfoolery.

”Nigerians are tired of this orchestrated distraction, and will rather wish that the opposition, having lost at the polls and in court, will now join hands with the government to move Nigeria to the next level.

”This is more so that the judgement validating the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari was unanimous that the petition lacked merit, that the petitioners failed to prove any of the grounds upon which their case was anchored and that President Buhari is eminently qualified to contest the poll,” he said.

ALSO READ: Most youths want exotic cars, houses without working for it ― NOA DG

Alhaji Mohammed said instead of casting aspersion on the judiciary with their poorly-framed reaction to the ruling of the Tribunal, the PDP and its candidate should be thanking their stars that they are not being prosecuted for coming to court with fraudulently-obtained evidence.

”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. 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,” he said.

The Minister commended the Tribunal for not only doing justice to the case but for explaining, in painstaking details that lasted hours, how it arrived at its judgement.

”We also thank Nigerians, who voted massively to re-elect President Buhari, for their continued support,” he said

Recent Posts

Harvesting hope in Nasarawa

THE sun was barely up when I bumped along the laterite road that slices through…

4 minutes ago

Osun: Dotun Babayemi rallies support for Tinubu, APC

He said re-electing Tinubu would enable him to fully implement his vision of transforming the…

1 hour ago

Ogun monarch appeals to govt on acquired land

"It is wrong for the people to have the impression that I aligned with the…

2 hours ago

Deputy Speaker seeks media support for constitution review

"We cannot do this by ourselves, we need to hear from..."

2 hours ago

LASU graduate emerges best graduating female student at Nigerian Law School

Professor Olatunji-Bello said the feat was a moment of immense pride for the LASU community. 

2 hours ago

Future of Nigeria depends on Northern stability — Bafarawa

“The North has been tested by persistent insecurity, economic hardship, and deepening social fragmentation

2 hours ago

Welcome

Install

This website uses cookies.