Dada Olusegun, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Assistant on Social Media, has rejected popular allegations that Tinubu’s attorneys warned the presidential election tribunal that annulling his 2023 electoral victory would lead to anarchy in Nigeria.
The assistant stated on his Twitter account that the prevailing narrative about anarchy is nothing more than fake news spread by individuals seeking to pervert what was given to the tribunal.
President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima have offered reasons why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP), and their presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, should have their petitions dismissed by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC).
Tinubu and Shettima maintain that claims that a candidate must receive 25% of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to be declared president could be the result of a misreading of the Constitution or a misunderstanding of the relevant provisions of the nation’s ground norm.
According to this publication, these contributions were included in two sets of final written addresses submitted on the cases by Atiku/PDP and Obi/LP challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.
According to The Nation, the Tinubu/Shettima legal team, directed by Wole Olanipekun (SAN), filed the two final addresses on Friday.
Tinubu and Shettima described both petitions as strange and hollow, arguing that neither set of petitions provided relevant evidence to support the plaintiffs’ claims that the election was not held in accordance with relevant laws or that the APC presidential and vice presidential candidates were not qualified to contest the election.
Some sites also reported that, as part of Tinubu’s legal team’s representations to the tribunal, the President warned that his removal from office could lead to anarchy in Nigeria.
However, Olusegun stated on Sunday through Twitter that his principle never said anything like that through his legal counsels.
He wrote: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s counsel didn’t argue nullifying the election would lead to anarchy.
“They argued that Abuja is the 37th state for electoral purposes and any other interpretation would lead to anarchy. But as usual the fake news machines are desperate to twist it.”
Follow us on Facebook
Post Disclaimer
The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the author and forum participants on this website do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of Anaedo Online or official policies of the Anaedo Online.