Supreme Court To Atiku, Obi:  “Are You Saying Tinubu Should Not Be President Because He Did Not Score 25% In Abuja?”

By Gideon Njoku

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the assumption that unless a Presidential Candidate scored 25 % of votes in Abuja, he would not be President, is a fallacy.

Ruling on the appeal brought before it by the Presidential Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, against President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the apex Court said Abuja is like any other State of the Federation.

Tinubu did not score upto 25% of the votes cast in Abuja during the February 25 Election. But the Supreme Court said that does not matter. And does not affect Tinubu’s victory.

The Chairman of the Seven-man Panel of Supreme Court Justices, Inyang Okoro, agreed with the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court. He  asked: “Are you saying if someone scores 25 % votes in 30 States but not in Abuja, he should not be President? Is that how you interpret the law?”

Case closed!