‘Why Peter Obi Must Not Partner With Atiku In Dragging Tinubu To Court Over Election’

A constitutional lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo has advised the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, not to partner with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in seeking legal redress in the just-concluded presidential election.

Speaking in an interview with NAN on Thursday, the legal practitioner slammed the PDP for not forming an alliance with the Labour Party before the election.

“I find it strange that LP is parleying with the PDP, whereas when the PDP was supposed to negotiate with the LP it did not; LP should be wary of this alliance”, he said.

He urged Peter Obi to distance himself from PDP and pursue his case alone if he strongly felt that the election results were not acceptable.

He wondered why LP thought it would get justice through PDP that denied Peter Obi justice during the party primaries, cautioning against making statements that could heat up the polity and jeopardise the nation’s democracy.

Ajulo said: “No one should incite the youth against the country the court is there for anybody who is aggrieved to see redress.

“We cannot afford violence in this country. This country belongs to all of us; no frivolous application should be taken to court in the name of seeking legal redress.”

He urged the leadership of LP and its presidential candidate to focus and nation building and March 11 governorship election