'We didn't accept it as a valid judgment' - Datti Baba-Ahmed on Supreme Court ruling

Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections said that the Supreme Court didn't affirm the victory of President Bola Tinubu contrary to the general belief.

According to him, the highest court in the land merely upheld what he described as the illegality declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

His comment came after his principal, Peter Obi addressed the press on the outcome of the judicial process in the aftermath of the election.

He said that they rejected the Supreme Court judgement and did not accept it as a valid ruling.

“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,” Datti Baba-Ahmed said on Arise TV.

“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.”

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