US-based Nigerian professor, Farooq Kperogi, has said even if the judiciary had overturned President Bola Tinubu’s victory, neither Atiku Abubakar nor Peter Obi would have been constitutionally qualified to be declared president…CONTINUE READING>>...CONTINUE READING
Writing in his weekly column on Saturday, November 25, Kperogi said Messrs Atiku and Obi didn’t win up to 25 percent of votes in 24 states.
Legit.ng recalls that the Supreme Court in October threw out both opposition challenges to President Tinubu’s election win.
Earlier, the election petition court upheld Tinubu’s victory.
Revisiting the case, Prof. Kperogi wrote:
“Even if the judiciary had overturned Tinubu’s victory, neither Atiku nor Obi would have been constitutionally qualified to be declared president because they didn’t win up to 25 percent of votes in 24 states. Atiku won 25 percent or more of votes in 21 states while Obi won 25 percent or more in a mere 16 states plus the FCT.
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In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that Richard Ngene, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), posited that the best option for Atiku was to support Obi in the 2027 presidential election.
Ngene told Legit.ng that it would be more honourable for Atiku to support the presidential ambition of Obi in the 2027 presidential election rather than working to contest in the next poll…CONTINUE READING>>
