SDP Presidential Candidate, Adewole Adebayo, Slams Election Petitioners, Claims “This Year’s Election Petitions Are The Easiest To Dispense”

SDP Presidential Candidate, Adewole Adebayo, Slams Election Petitioners, Claims “This Year’s Election Petitions Are The Easiest To Dispense”

Written By Oshiobugie Omo-Ikirodah

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), DeWole Adebayo, has criticized the petitions challenging the results of the 2023 presidential election. In his view, these petitions lack merit and have been poorly presented, woefully unproven, and even comically argued. CONTINUE READING

READ ALSO: VIDEO: Tinubu’s Ministerial Nominee, Ex-Yobe Governor Ibrahim Geidam, Arrives Senate with Walking Stick for Screening, Nigerians Express Their Concern – BushRadio (bushradiogist.com)

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, had announced Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. Following this, five political parties and their candidates launched petitions against Tinubu’s declared victory at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja.

The petitioners, including Action Alliance (AA), Action Peoples Party (APP), Labour Party (LP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have alleged that Tinubu was unqualified to contest and that INEC violated the Constitution, the Electoral Act, and its own guidelines for the election. Some of these petitions have already been dismissed by the court.

However, Adebayo, in a statement released via his verified Twitter handle on Friday, declared that the 2023 election petitions have been the easiest to dispense with since 1999. He suggested that there would be no need for any “judicial acrobatics” and urged opposition factions to gear up for the 2027 elections instead.

“This year’s election petitions are the easiest to dispense with since 1999. No need for any judicial acrobatics. They fall within clear jurisprudence and well-established precedents. Obi/ Labour vs Tinubu/INEC will be dismissed in limine; ditto for Atiku/PDP vs Tinubu/INEC,” Adebayo stated.

“These petitions lack merit and are poorly presented, abysmally unproved, and comically argued. APM’s half-hearted petition is a pre-election mongrel with no pedigree in electoral litigation. The judges are not to blame. All opposition elements should prepare for 2027 elections,” the statement added.

Source: Bushradiogist