Osinbajo Praises PEPC; “Verdict Great”, He Says, Congratulates Tinubu, Shettima

By Adesina Soyooye

Former Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has heaped praises on the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, which, on September 6, 2023, affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu at the February 25, 2023, Presidential Election.

The five-man panel of Appeal Court Judges, had, on September 6, dismissed the suits filed, on a number of otherwise, thought to be be serious grounds, by the Presidential Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and that of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, and their Political Parties, as without merit.

The verdict has been embroiled in controversy since then, and both Atiku and Obi, are headed to the Supreme Court as the final arbiter.

But Osinbajo, himself, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, in a Facebook post, Sunday morning, commended the verdict as a “great victory for Nigeria’s constitutional democracy  and the rule of Law.” He, also, congratulated President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima on their victory.

Osinbajo: “Congratulations to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima and our great party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, on the judicial affirmation of the victory at the Presidential Election of February 25th, 2023.

“This ruling is a great victory  for Nigeria’s constitutional democracy and its rule of Law. The practice of democracy in our Nation has been further strengthened by the fact that all parties faithfully followed the electoral process according to the Law and relied on our efforts in the event of dispute.

“Our Nation now needs all of us to work together to address our challenges and to deliver the realization  of the incredible potentials of our Nation.”

For the records, Osinbajo, Nigeria’s immediate past Vice President, was an aspirant in APC Presidential Primary won by Tinubu.

A couple of days ago, his Spokesperson when he was Vice President, Laolu Akande, had criticised, in a television interview, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which conducted the Presidential Election, for failing the Nation by not following its own guidelines during the Election.