The Katsina State chapter of the PDP says the recent judgment by the presidential election tribunal in favour of President Bola Tinubu is far from justice. Alhaji Umar Tsauri, the former Chairman of the Atiku/Lado Campaign Team, stated this in Katsina while addressing newsmen on the recent judgment.
The presidential election tribunal upheld President Tinubu’s election, and another election tribunal in Katsina also upheld those of senators and members of the House of Representatives from the state. Tsauri explained that, “We actually believe that judgments had been passed, but without justice, because it had been denied.
“Recently, the tribunals have concluded their assignments and passed very unfortunate judgments that did not reflect the justice Nigerians expected.”
“We stand to say the judgment passed by the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has been far from justice.
“In fact, we would say that what the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) did during the elections was exactly what the PEPC did to Nigeria, Nigerians and the democratic process.”
He recalled that the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, had told Nigerians that the commission would use the BVAS machines to make the elections accurate, free, fair and credible.
“We in the opposition believed him and became so relaxed with full confidence and optimism that a man of integrity, in fact a professor for that matter, who built integrity and respect to protect.
“Unfortunately, the reverse was the case because all he told Nigerians turned out to be a deceit. He deceived Nigerians by doing the opposite of his utterances.
“That is exactly what our learned justices of the court of appeal did while delivering the judgment without justice,” he alleged.
He further recalled that Justice Haruna Tsammani, during his inaugural speech, told Nigerians that the tribunal would be different from the previous tribunals because they would not base their judgments on technicalities but on facts.