Sowore: Why I Didn't Challenge Tinubu's Victory In Court

Eko Hot Blog reports that Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 presidential polls, has said he did not challenge the victory of President Bola Tinubu in court because he does not have confidence in the judiciary.

Sowore’s reaction followed the verdict of the presidential election petition tribunal on Wednesday, which upheld Tinubu’s victory.

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“The courts in Nigeria have never nullified a presidential election,” Sowore said. “Even in 2007, when they conducted an election in which there were no serial numbers on the ballot papers, the court declared that you don’t need serial numbers.”

Sowore also said that he believes the reason the Labour Party and the PDP challenged Tinubu’s victory in court was to “calm the nerves of Nigerian people so that they accept this rubbish as a fait accompli.”

“They ensured that there were no uprisings on the streets to retrieve the stolen mandate of whatever fraudulent election they conducted,” he said.

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Sowore said that he believes the judiciary is “constituted by political parties in power” and that he cannot “deceive myself” into thinking that he would get a fair hearing in court.

He called on Nigerians to continue to fight for their rights, even though the judicial system is stacked against them.

“We must continue to resist this injustice,” he said. “We must continue to fight for our rights. We must continue to demand a better Nigeria.”

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