Labour Party’s vice presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that the Supreme Court did not affirm the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, contrary to popular belief.
Baba-Ahmed said on Arise TV on Monday evening that the apex court merely upheld what he described as the “illegality declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.”
He said that he and his boss, Peter Obi, had rejected the Supreme Court judgment and did not accept it as a valid ruling.
Obi had gone to the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which upheld INEC’s declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the election. The apex court, in its ruling, stood by the PEPT’s decision, affirming Tinubu as the duly elected president.
“Please quote me on this: the Appeal and Supreme Courts did not affirm Tinubu’s presidency. They merely upheld the illegality of INEC’s declaration,”
“We accepted the judgment because it was the last step for HE Peter Obi and I to take; we rejected and did not accept it as a valid judgment,” he said.
