Tribunal Verdict Will Favour Tinubu, APC Chieftain Boasts

 

Tolu Bankole, a member of the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee has boasted that the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal ruling will favour President Bola Tinubu.

 

Recall that the ruling is slated for Wednesday.

 

Bankole’s vote of confidence was a reaction to viral reports in the media that pressure was being mounted on the judges to disqualify the president.

 

The five judges that will deliver the verdict are the Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Haruna Tsammani; Justice Stephen Adah of the Court of Appeal (Asaba Division); Justice Monsurat Bolaji-Yusuf, Court of Appeal (Asaba); Justices Moses Ugo (Kano) and Abba Mohammed of the Ibadan Division of the Court of Appeal.

 

Recall that the tribunal had earlier announced that it will on Wednesday, deliver judgment on the petitions challenging the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

 

In a similar vein, the military and the police have warned that they will not condone any unlawful act by troublemakers on the day of the ruling.

 

According to Bankole in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, there is no cause for alarm.

 

The APC chieftain boasted that media frenzy and alleged threats being issued to judges will not stop the judiciary from reaffirming Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election.

 

He said, “In view of the current media and social media pressure and in some cases propaganda by some alarmists in the country as it relates to the would-be outcome of the presidential election tribunal, I am more than confident that the judgment will be resoundingly in favour of our dear president, H.E Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This is borne out of facts from the case, which was canvased by both the plaintiffs and defendants before the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal in Abuja.