The Labour Party candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has vowed to fight the PEPC’s decision upholding President Bola Tinubu’s election.
Sound electoral jurisprudence will vanish in the nation if precautions are not taken, according to Obi, whose petition was rejected by the court.
He emphasized that litigants who are unhappy with an election’s decision may turn to self-help if hurdles from governmental organizations like the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, make it very difficult for them to prove their case.
“If we are not vigilant, our electoral jurisprudence would soon disappear,” stated Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, SAN, Obi, speaking through his team of attorneys. I say this with the utmost sincerity because if an election contestant finds it increasingly difficult to prove their case due to roadblocks put up by INEC, they will undoubtedly turn to other, potentially illegal, means of seeking redress.
Additionally, I applaud the Court of Appeal for implementing live streaming. You may remember that we requested that the court allow live broadcasting of all sessions; however, the court, in its wisdom, denied our request.
“However, in the end, they recognized its wisdom and the need to ensure transparency, which is why the verdict was streamed live.
“Undoubtedly, it would have been preferable if the entire event had been streamed live so that the general public could witness and fully connect to the ruling.
I’ll thus cross my fingers and hope that it will be continuous this time, beginning at the commencement of a case.
“That is the only way that you can ensure transparency,” he continued, “because when something is open, Nigerians will see things for themselves and they will decide, one way or the other.” – #LeadStories #News
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