Atiku tenders 118 exhibits against Tinubu victory at tribunal 

Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has tendered 118 exhibits before the Presidential Election Petition Court in his case against President Bola Tinubu.

Atiku and the PDP are at the tribunal to challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration of Tinubu, who contested under the All Progressives Congress, as the winner of the February 25 election.

They alleged that Tinubu “was not duly elected by the majority of lawful votes cast at the election”. They also alleged that the president “was at the time of the election, not qualified to contest”. They further alleged inconsistencies in Tinubu’s txhibits tendered in evidence are certified copies of the results of the presidential election from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.

Other exhibits include printouts of data obtained from the bimodal voter accreditation system and records of the number of permanent voter cards used for the election across the 36 states and the FCT. All exhibits tendered were admitted as evidence.

Respondents in the case reserved their objections to any of the documents, until their final written address. No witnesses were called by the petitioners during the hearing.

All the respondents in the matter told the court that they would reserve their objections to any of the documents, till their final written address

Senate presidency: Orji Kalu, Yari team up against Akpabio

Senate Chief whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, says he is firmly in the race for office of the senate president and has no intention of stepping down.

He spoke on Tuesday in Abuja, adding that he was aligning forces with Abdulaziz Yari, another senate president aspirant and former governor of Zamfara.

The chief whip said the outcome of their meetings would be unveiled soon.

“I won’t step down for anybody. We are talking with (ex-)Governor Yari. Our group and his group are talking, intimate talk and partnership. We will make sure that no one zone can produce the senate presidency,” he said.

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He also said, No one zone can produce the president of Nigeria. What we are trying to do with Senator Yari is a united partnership that will work for Nigeria. In the coming days or weeks, that partnership will be unveiled, so we are in serious talks.

“I cannot deny it – Yari is a friend of mine and I’m his friend and we have decided to talk. We have been speaking for the past four weeks and the result will be unveiled by our sponsors, he has his sponsors and I have my sponsors.

“So the sponsors will come together to decide what direction this partnership will be. I’ll be very happy to reveal what the sponsors will say.”
Kalu said he and Yari were seeking to protect the integrity of the Senate and support the new administration of President Bola Tinubu.

His position and Yari is contrary to the stance of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The ruling party had nominated Godswill Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, for senate president.

Senate presidency: Orji Kalu, Yari team up against Akpabio

LP: Tinubu’s inaugural speech celebration of lies, deceit

The Labour Party says President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural speech is shallow and it is a mere celebration of lies and deceit.

It also noted that the speech showed the “policy incongruity” that the ruling party planned to give to Nigerians and urged the people to resist it.

Reacting to the President’s speech on Monday after his inauguration, the LP National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, said Tinubu’s declaration that he won the election fairly was “a slap on the faces of millions of Nigerians”.

The LP statement read in part, “The Labour Party is disappointed with the inaugural speech made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu today which clearly exposed the shallowness and policy incongruity that his administration, while it lasts, is hoping to bequeath Nigerians.

“But today, Nigerians were aghast with the boldness and glee with which Tinubu declared his election as fair. We consider this audacity as a slap on the faces of millions of Nigerians who voted their conscience but were robbed by a collective power of state institutions and brute bringandry unleashed on them.

“What was witnessed today was a celebration of lies and deceit, and that explains why the streets are like graveyards with no pomp and pageantry usually associated with a major feat like what we had today.

“Again, Labour Party while campaigning told Nigerians that if given the privilege to preside, we will among other things change our economy from consumption to production and we provided tangible ways we can achieve that policy.

“But listening to President Tinubu today reading a speech believed to have been penned by his team, it became obvious that we are returning to the 2015 era where we had great expectations but without any means achieving them.

“We are now calling on the highest office in Nigeria, the office of the people, not to allow this government any space to toil with the destiny of this nation again. APC ruined this nation and we must not allow a worse situation again. We must wake up to our roles of holding accountable those in positions of authority.”