‘Why Obi, Atiku Failed To Defeat Tinubu In Supreme Court’ – Ex-Presidential Candidate

Former presidential candidate of the
African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has revealed why the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and his counterpart in the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi lost at the Supreme Court.

Naija News had earlier reported that the Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed the petitions filed by Atiku and Obi against President Bola Tinubu.

The apex court affirmed President Tinubu as the winner of the February 25, 2023 presidential election.

Speaking on the court ruling, Kachikwu said Obi and Atiku lost because they failed to present hard evidence to prove that Tinubu did not win the 2023 presidential election.

Kachikwu, in an interview with TVC News, said because there was no evidence for the lawyers of the presidential candidates to gather, they decided to rely on technicalities in a bid to upturn the election.

He said, “I believe that’s the hardest part of a lawyer’s job in garnering relevant facts, gathering evidence especially when there’s no evidence to gather. That was the hardest job for the lawyers who took this case to court. How do you gather something that is not there for you to gather?

“Since there was nothing for them to gather, they then looked at technicalities on social media, the court of public opinion. Everywhere they went, they pushed technicalities, they pushed hearsay, they pushed rumours because there was really no evidence to gather.

“If you say that you won in this place, show the proof. They could not do that, they knew they could not do that, it was very very clear to them from the beginning. So, they sought to just focus on the fact that INEC had technical issues, they sought to focus on other technicalities all in a bid to upturn the election.”