Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has said that election petitions are not won on social media, but on the presentation of evidence and facts.
Wike made the remark on Thursday, September 8, 2023, while reacting to the verdict of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) which upheld the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 election.
The tribunal ruled that the petitions filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) were “all devoid of merit”.
Wike said he has always maintained that election petitions are not like any other case, and that they are not won on social media.
“I have always told people that election petition is not like any other case. It is a special area. It is not by propaganda. It is not won on social media. It is a presentation of evidence and facts,” he said.
Wike commended the PEPT for “painstakingly” addressing the issues raised in the petitions.
He also dismissed claims that he has an influence on the judiciary, saying that the judiciary was right when Obi reclaimed his mandate as Anambra governor in 2006.
“Did Peter Obi not win at the Supreme Court when he was removed as governor? Did he pay bribe? Let him tell the world now. When he was removed as a governor, did he not reclaim his mandate at the Supreme Court? Judiciary was right but now that this (referring to the tribunal’s verdict) did not happen, judiciary is wrong,” Wike said.
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