Shettima Nomination: Atiku Reacts To Supreme Court Ruling, Restates It’s Not Setback, Says Ready To Prove Election Frauds

Despite Supreme Court’s ruling, dismissing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suit challenging alleged double nomination of Vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima, as lacking in merit for lack of locus standi, the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed optimism that the ruling does not constitute a setback in his challenge of the presidential election result.

Commenting on the outcome of the Supreme Court ruling Friday morning, via of his Twitter handle @atiku, he said that the PDP legal team are primed to robustly prove their case.

He said that apart from the legal teaming proving that the conduct of the February 25 presidential election violated constitutional provisions, he added that they will prove to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that the candidate announced as the winner of the election was not even qualified to contest in the election.

According to Atiku who was the Presidential Candidate of the PDP in 2023 presidential election, “The Supreme Court’s dismissal of the case of the @OfficialPDPNig is not a setback to my quest for justice.

“Our legal team are primed to robustly prove that the election of February 25 was fraudulent, did not comply with the constitutional requirements and the electoral guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission, @inecnigeria, and that the announced winner was not even qualified to contest the poll.

“The battle for democracy and the enthronement of a new order to spur growth and development in Nigeria is one to which I have committed my all and for which I am not ready to walk away at this point when our nation is at crossroads.

“We know that sooner than later, our esteemed Justices will make the pronouncement that will serve as a befitting requiem for mandate bandits.

“I urge my supporters to exercise patience and conduct themselves peaceably as we diligently conduct our litigation at the Presidential Election Tribunal Court. -AA”

In Friday’s ruling, the Apex court had agreed with the lower courts that the PDP lacks the locus Standi to institute the case.

Justice Adamu Jauro who read the Judgement, added that the PDP acted as meddlesome Interloper and a busy body as it is an internal affair of the APC.

A sum of Two Million Naira was awarded against the PDP, even as the suit was dismissed for lacking in merit.

The Justices further held that the attitude of the appellant (PDP), amounts to misleading the court, describing the move as “sad”.