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Bashir Ahmad, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case attempting to invalidate Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as candidates for the APC’s presidential and vice presidential nominations.

According to Newsmen, Shettima was accused of receiving a second nomination for vice president from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Kashim Shettima.

Shettima’s selection as Tinubu’s running mate, according to the PDP, violated the terms of sections 29(1), 33, 35, and 84(1)(2) of the Electoral Act of 2022.

BREAKING: Supreme Court Dismisses PDP Suit Against Tinubu, Shettima

Shettima’s candidacy to run for vice president and the Borno central senate seat at the same time, according to the opposition party, was illegal.

However, the supreme court’s five-member bench stated in its decision on Friday that the PDP lacked the authority to file the lawsuit and subsequently dismissed the petition.

Ahmad responded to the news by writing on his Twitter page that it was now time to concentrate on the inauguration on May 29 and the governance that would follow.

He wrote: “The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Time to focus fully on May 29th and governance afterwards.”

The inauguration of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima has received the judicial nod from the Supreme Court.

The Peoples Democratic Party’s PDP lawsuit, which sought to disqualify them from the 2023 presidential election, was dismissed by the court on Friday.

The PDP’s lawsuit asking for Tinubu and Shettima’s disqualification was deemed to have a glaring lack of merit by the Supreme Court, which dismissed it.

Fear As Supreme Court Delivers Judgement On Tinubu-Shettima’s Election Victory

In the lead ruling, Justice Adamu Jauro imposed a fine of N2 million on the PDP for interfering with the All Progressives Congress’ internal affairs during the primary election process and the nomination of its candidates.

Justice Jauro concurred with Tinubu’s attorney, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, that PDP behaved unlawfully by interfering in APC’s activities as a busy body and meddling invader.

The Apex Court ruled that in addition to the PDP lacking the necessary jurisdiction to file the lawsuit, the party had also failed to present any proof that Shettima had used a double nomination scheme.

The PDP’s allegation of the Vice President-elect’s duplicate nomination was called regrettable and obviously intentional mischief intended to deceive the Court and the nation.

The Supreme Court also agreed with Fagbemi that PDP must remain an observer notwithstanding its complaints regarding way the APC conducted its primary poll and chose its candidates.

Supreme Court Set To Rule On PDP’s Suit Seeking Tinubu, Shettima’s Disqualification

“It is abundantly clear that the Appellant (PDP) in the totality of its position in the instant case, is peeping and poke nosing into the affairs of another party as a busy body and meddlesome interloper,” he said.

The court ruled that PDP’s move was hurtful because it put up a booby trap on social media for the Supreme Court to utilize as leverage to blackmail it.

It stated that this is extremely regrettable, unjustified, and uncalled for.

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Bashir Ahmad Reacts To Supreme Court Judgement On Suit Seeking To Disqualify Tinubu, Shettima

BREAKING: Supreme Court Dismisses PDP Suit Against Tinubu, Shettima