By Mathew Dadiya
Presidency has criticized the former Vice President and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 2023 elections for blackmailing the judicial system, saying, “this desperation must stop.”
The presidency advised Abubakar should be honourable enough as a statesman to allow the Judiciary to perform its sacred duty without harassment and this resort to self-help.
Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake in a statement at the weekend, insisted that Tinubu won a free, fair, and credible election, adding that the February 25, 2023 Presidential election that produced him “is the most transparent election ever conducted in Nigeria since 1999.”
According to the presidential spokesman, attempting to discredit an important institution of State for selfish political ends is disingenuous, shameful, and unbecoming of a former Vice President of Nigeria.
Lagos State under the leadership of the then Governor Tinubu won over 13 cases up to the Supreme Court against the “hydra-headed PDP administration” at the centre, Alake stated.
“No leader with such a sterling and enviable credential as a champion of the rule of law, and independence of the judiciary like President Tinubu will ever contemplate undermining the Judiciary as alleged by Alhaji Atiku.
“The President and the APC absolutely have no reason to undermine the judiciary in the hope of any favorable judgement.
“His lawyers and that of APC have presented a very solid defence of the result of the election and we are sure the judiciary will impartially deliver its ruling based on points of law and evidence before it, not based on presumptuous speculations and unfounded accusations,” the presidency advised.
