Atiku Abubakar, has said he is not like the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, whose candidacy is embroiled in controversies, a reason he has been able to run for the office of the President since 1993.
Obi accuses INEC of bias, impartiality over move to dismiss petition against Tinubu
In the petition marked CA/PEPC/05/2023, Atiku and the PDP raised several claims, including the allegation that Tinubu was not qualified to contest the election. Atiku said his own identity, comprising age, state of origin and educational qualifications have never been in dispute like those of the second respondent, insisting that Tinubu is constitutionally disabled from contesting for the office of President.
The petitioner while admitting that Tinubu may be a “Titan and a Maestro”, however, said the “President-elect is certainly not a titan and maestro in national stature but in controversies such as age, state of origin, identity, educational qualifications represented by certificates obtained from universities and colleges.”
Rather than addressing the issues raised against him and the disputed election, Atiku said Tinubu deliberately chose not to answer points of substance in the petition and opted for extraneous facts, contradictory, evasive, speculative and vague assertions. Obi’s legal team further contended that previous rulings and decisions of the Court of Appeal repeatedly admonished INEC to remain neutral in electoral proceedings, adding that it amounts to “embarrassment” for INEC to “adorn the garb of a contestant” in an election it conducted.
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