PDP has no business to challenge Tinubu’s victory in court – Shehu Sani

Former lawmaker and social critic, Shehu Sani, says his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has no business being in court to challenge the outcome of the 2023 general elections, if it allowed members to join the current administration.

Sani’s statement was contained in a post on his social media platform, X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday.

“If the PDP has approved and endorsed its members joining the Government, then it has no business being in Court,” Sani said.

The statement came after former Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike was appointed a minister by President Bola Tinubu.

Wike is of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and has not tendered any formal resignation.

He claimed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gave him the green light to accept the ministerial position under Tinubu’s administration.

He spoke following his inauguration on Monday as the minister of the FCT.

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“Before this appointment came, I wrote to the national chairman. I wrote to the minority leaders of the House of Reps and Senate,” Wike said.

The PDP is one of the parties that are displeased with the outcome of the polls and have approached the tribunal to nullify Tinubu’s victory.

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in their petition, ask the tribunal to annul the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of February 25 presidential election.

In their petition marked CA/PEPC/05/2023, and filed at the tribunal late Monday, March 20, 2023, Atiku and his party alleged that there was substantial non-compliance with the constitution, the Electoral Act and INEC’s guidelines in the conduct of the election.

The petitioners, who allege that INEC failed to abide by its own rules in the conduct of the presidential election, wonder why the chairman of the commission, Professor Yakubu, was in a hurry to announce the results of the election in the midst of protest.

Atiku and the PDP, in their petition, join INEC, Tinubu and the APC as first to third respondents.

The petitioners state that INEC wrongly returned Tinubu as the winner of the election, allocating to him 8,794,726 votes.