Presidential Tribunal: PDP BoT confident Supreme court will correct ‘errors’ in Tribunal verdict

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu won the presidential election on February 25, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees is certain that the party will receive justice in the Supreme Court.

The Presidential Election cases Court dismissed the cases brought by the PDP, the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), the Labour Party (LP), and its presidential candidates contesting Tinubu’s victory on September 6 after a marathon 12-hour ruling. In addition to dismissing the aggregated petitions of the PDP, the APM, and the LP, the five-person panel headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani also unequivocally confirmed Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, as the winner of the presidential election.

But a week after the ruling, the PDP BoT rejected the verdict, saying it would resist alleged attempts by the APC to foist one-party rule on Nigerians.

In a communique issued after the 75th meeting of the board in Abuja on Thursday, the acting Chairman of the BoT, Senator Adolphus Wabara, expressed confidence that the apex court has the capacity and courage to right the “wrongs” and correct the “errors” contained in the tribunal judgement in the interest of the unity, stability and corporate existence of the country.

“The BoT is confident in the capacity and courage of the Supreme Court to ultimately and decisively right the wrongs and correct the manifest errors contained in the Judgment of the PEPC in the interest of the unity, stability, and corporate existence of our country,” he stated.

“The BoT restates its rejection of the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in upholding the declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the February 25, 2023, Presidential election, in spite of the evidence clearly pointing to the contrary.

“The BoT is also monitoring and studying the outcome of cases in various election courts with regards to their level of adherence and respect to the Rule of Law and evidence before such court.”