Obi, Atiku vs Tinubu: Knocks as Justice Bolaji-Yusuf dissects PDP, LP's petitions

The Presidential Election Petition Court on Wednesday affirmed President Bola Tinubu the winner of the 2023 presidential election held on February 25.

During the tribunal's verdict on petitions filed by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Justice Misitura Bolaji-Yusuf said that petitioners did not present evidence for their claims in the petition.

In her submission, she asked if the petitioners were expecting them the court to go and gather evidence from the street or the market.

The justice said:

"The petitioners did not understand the explanation of the first respondent or were just fixated on their belief that they won the election without any cogent and credible evidence, and they did not even bother to place such credible evidence before this court.

"Were they expecting the court to go and gather evidence from the street or the market? Or to be persuaded or intimidated by threats on social media. That is not the way of the court," she said.

The remark did not go down well with some Nigerians who took to social media to share their thoughts.

SizZzle said: "This short clip answers a lot".

Zegelicious queried: "And the judges were mute when INEC refused to give copies of IREV or EC8 forms to respondents.

"Did they compel INEC to do it?

"And come out to talk like pregnant persons."

Jokotoye Olawale replied to him: "You don’t even know who a “Respondent” is.

"Imagine and una get loud mouth.

"He said the respondent."

Abdul-Mumin posited: "Aswear, they were expecting the judges to get evidence from social media."

DY explained that:

"When you try to intimidate the judiciary, you get a pushback. Then they show you they know the law both as lawyers and Judges. This is one time the Judges countered every line, probably even deeper than Tinubu’s lawyers could ever have done."

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