No Court Gives Judgement Based on Public Opinion - Presidency Shuts Peter Obi Up

The Presidency has reacted to the statement made by Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, Presidential candidate in the February 25 elections over the Supreme Court Judgement affirming President Tinubu's Election, saying no court in the country gives judgment based on public opinion.

The Presidency added that since Obi admitted that the Supreme Court ruling brought an end to litigation and any challenge to the victory of President Bola Tinubu, Obi should have congratulated the President and pledged his support.

Reacting to the LP’s presidential candidate press conference on Monday, the presidency in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, said it welcomed the pledge by Obi and his party to play the role of the opposition and urged him to start preparing for another shot at the presidency in 2027.

The statement titled “Peter Obi should find better vocation instead of casting aspersions on the judiciary" read;

“Labour Party Presidential candidate in the last election, Mr Peter Obi, addressed a press conference, just like Atiku Abubakar, where he cast aspersions on the Supreme Court and the Independent National Electoral Commission for not declaring him the winner of the February 25, 2023 election.

“We are at a loss as to how the copycat Obi and his faction of the Labour Party convinced themselves they won an election in which they came a distant third.

“The grand delusion that made Mr Obi believe he could have won a national election where he ran the most hateful, divisive and polarising campaign that pitched Christians against Muslims and one ethnic group against the other in a multi-ethnic and multi-religious society like Nigeria should be a matter for deeper examination.

“At the press conference where he tried, in vain, to gaslight Nigerians with false claims and innuendos, Mr Obi contradicted himself. Here was a beneficiary of judicial pronouncements in the past now castigating the same court because its judgment did not go his way

“Mr Obi claimed the Supreme Court justices didn’t consider public opinion in delivering what has been applauded as a most profound judgement

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Posted: at 7-11-2023 06:33 AM (1 year ago) | Addicted Hero

No sir, in fact its not the intellectual capacity of the  judges, rather its the question of their abilities  to inject into the system value added capacity, i.e. to adjudicate without cowering to undue influence as done in the Tinubu case. The overwhelming evidence of voters intimidation, harassments and voting prevention in many many localities . The technicalities cited by the judges were silly, awkward and unlawful- a day time robbery clothed in intellectual jargons and nuances. And be reminded that until the  courts work  is unfettered and lawful , nothing will work in that country. The Kenyan and Malawian courts  had set brilliant examples of how our African counts should function, yet the  courts ridden Nigerian judiciary  loaded with academically qualified lawyers  cant even decide  simple assault cases without undue influence. The Western world is working because the courts are completely independent , and the same goes with the police functions. In the west,  no one can be  arrested with orders from  ABOVE. the EX CBN GOVERNOR AND  HIS EFFC COUNTERPART WOULD HAVE NEVER SPENT  A NIGHT  IN DETENTION  FOR FRIVOLUS  ALLAGATIONS AND TRUMPED UP Charges.

Posted: at 7-11-2023 11:41 AM (1 year ago) | Gistmaniac

Peter Obi must be slightly mentally unsound to think that he won the election in the NE,NW,NC and SW.The rigging carried out by Obi and his LP in the SE and the SS region of the country was overlooked by APC because their numbers are just a drop in the ocean.

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Posted: at 7-11-2023 01:30 PM (1 year ago) | Gistmaniac