However, while the apex court’s decision means that Tinubu’s opponents, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party can only now wait till 2027 to try again, the entire process culminating to the judgment has left not just the judiciary, but also the electoral umpire reeling from image crisis.
Following the judgment, the PDP in a statement on Thursday by Hon. Debo Ologunagba, its National Publicity Secretary said the party “and indeed majority of Nigerians are alarmed, disappointed and gravely concerned with the reasoning of the Supreme Court, which the PDP believes is against the express provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the Electoral Act, 2022, the Guideline and Regulation issued by INEC under which the election was conducted.”
