Tribunal: We Got Judgment, Not Justice – Atiku
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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has reacted the outcome of the 2023 presidential election petition court, (PEPC), saying that the nation was served with judgment, not justice.
Atiku, who had vowed to approach the Supreme Court to set aside the election of President Bola Tinubu, expressed his displeasure over what he described as a compromised judgment by the election tribunal.
Atiku said he was dissatisfied with the judgment of PEPC which upheld the All Progressives Candidate (APC), President Bola Tinubu as the authentic winner of the presidential election held on February 25.
According to his lawyer, Chief Chris Uche, SAN, the PDP candidate, Atiku got a judgement from the court and not justice.
Uche said, “Judgement has just been delivered but we have not received justice. Luckily, the Constitution has given us the right to go on appeal.
“This is the court of first instance. We still have the right to go on appeal to the Supreme Court and you see, this is a struggle that is not just for our client, but for the Constitution of this country, for the rule of law and democracy.
“We were expecting an outcome that will improve, encourage the use of technology to enhance election management, to enhance transparency, to enhance accountability, so that Nigerians will believe in democracy.
“So that Nigerians can come out in their masses like they did, to vote. We don’t want Nigerians to be discouraged.
“There are certain things and principle of law that he know that we need to explore and we strongly believe that when we get to the Supreme Court, it will have the opportunity to review a number of things that have been said here today. We have the instruction of our client to go to the Supreme Court.
“So, we have asked for the records. We have asked for the judgment. We are going to apply for the transmission of the records because we have a very limited time to push this. So, the struggle continues and as it is said, it is not over until it is over,” Atiku’s lawyer added.