The petitions against President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the most recent elections, according to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), are “hopeless.”
Senator Ajibola Basiru, the party’s national secretary, said this in an interview with Channels TV’s “Politics Today” on Sunday.
Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came in second, with Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) coming in third, according to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Both candidates, however, have contested the outcomes.
Basiru began by stating that he wasn’t supposed to comment on an issue that was still being investigated when asked about allegations that the APC was getting ready for a rerun election.
But since you asked, I would say that all of the petitions challenging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s election are futile and that no one needs to even waste time rejecting them, based on my understanding of Nigerian electoral law, having read the petitions, and having participated in the proceedings.
“They are absolutely hopeless requests,” I said.
