Atiku’s Team React to Tinubu’s Involvement in Rivers Crisis

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Rhoda Gistlover
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Atiku files 35 Petition against Tinubu at Supreme Court Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the PDP's presidential candidate, filed 35 grounds for appeal with the Supreme Court on Tuesday in an effort to overturn President Bola Tinubu's election. Through a group of attorneys led by Chief Chris Uche, SAN, Atiku is pleading with the Supreme Court to overturn the decision the Court of Appeal issued on September 6, which recognized Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as the legitimate victor of the presidential election that took place on February 25. He claimed that the President Election Petition Court's (PEPC) five-member panel's decision to dismiss his petition challenging the results of the presidential election was not only perverse, but also led to a serious miscarriage of justice against him. This was stated in his statement to the Supreme Court. The PDP candidate, a former vice president, argued that the PEPC panel committed a legal error by failing to declare the presidential election invalid on the grounds of non-compliance with the Electoral Act of 2022, despite the fact that evidence presented to the panel showed that the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, had violated the laws and regulations governing the conduct of elections. He claimed that the Electoral Act of 2022 and the 1999 Constitution, as amended, were both grossly misconstrued and misrepresented in the PEPC's unanimous decision.

President Bola Tinubu’s involvement in the ongoing political turmoil in Rivers State has prompted a response from the former vice president Atiku Abubakar’s camp.

According to Naija News, during a meeting at the State House in Abuja with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, former governor Peter Odili, and a few other stakeholders, the president was able to resolve the crisis.

Eight decisions were made during the three-hour meeting in the State House in Abuja to address the political unrest in the South-South state.

The resolution was signed by Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Oma Ordu, Wike, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, Martin Amaewhule, the factional Speaker of the Rivers State Assembly, Aaron Chukwuemeka, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, and Tony Okocha, the Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

A spokesman for the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization, Daniel Bwala, claimed in a post on Monday via his verified X handle that the president’s orders are unlawful, unconstitutional, and void.

Bwala urged the people of Rivers State to reject the orders from the president.

He wrote: “The people of Rivers State should disown the so-called directive which is in itself illegal, unconstitutional and null and void.”

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