A legal luminary, Chief Robert Clarke (SAN), has disclosed that nothing may come out of the appeal by the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, that of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, challenging the propriety of the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC).
The 85 -year -old Senior Advocate stated this on Sunday during his interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics
The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-man panel had on Wednesday, dismissed the consolidated three petitions by Atiku, Obi and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) on the grounds of lack merit.
The Tribunal further upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25, 2023 presidential poll.
But Atiku and Obi have rejected the judgement and vowed to approach the Supreme Court to seek redress.
Speaking on the landmark judgment, Clarke said “My personal view has been enriched by past experience in the dispensation of justice at the Bar.”
“I have every belief, and I seriously believe that the unanimous judgment of the Court of Appeal is unassailable, it is as fixed as you can fix anything and I can assure you that if there is an appeal, I doubt whether anything can come out of the appeal.”
According to the legal icon, all the matters, based on law, that were brought before the Tribunal by the petitioners had already been adjudged by the apex court in the country.
Clarke also aligned with the Tribunal that the petitioners failed to prove their petitions beyond reasonable doubt.
It is instructive to note that the PEPC had delivered a 12-hour marathon judgment on Wednesday, dismissing the petitions of the APM; the PDP and its flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar and the petition of the LP and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
The PEPC further held that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was at liberty to decide the mode of transmission of election results during the presidential election on February 25, 2023.
The Tribunal also dismissed Obi and LP’s petitions on 25 per cent votes of Tinubu in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), saying that Abuja does not have special status while it is just like other states.
The Tribunal further held that the Electoral Act 2022 made no provision for electronic transmission of election results.
In addition, the Tribunal held that the LP and Obi failed to prove that Tinubu was convicted for money laundering in the United States.
According to the PEPC, no record of criminal arrest or conviction was established against Tinubu by the petitioners – Obi and the LP.
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