Atiku Seeks Nullification Of President Tinubu’s Election

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the February 25 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that the declaration of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president is unlawful, null and void and unconstitutional hence he must be removed from the office to sanitize the polity.

Atiku maintained that Tinubu having personally admitted and as also confirmed by his witness that he forfeited $460,000 to the American government over the offence of narcotics trafficking and money laundering has no basis to contest for Nigeria’s Presidency let alone being declared as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

In his final address to support his petition seeking nullification of Tinubu’s victory, Atiku dismissed the claim of Tinubu and his witness that the forfeited $460,000 money was a civil court action.

The former Vice President argued that the definition and colour of “civil action” being given to the criminal forfeiture by Tinubu was of no moment and untenable because a United States of America Court acted on the indictment of Tinubu before imposing the forfeiture fine on him.

The final address endorsed by Atiku’s lead counsel, Chief Chris Uche, read in part.

“The verified complaint for forfeiture and the entire records of the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division dated September 15, 1993, it was clearly indicated that the 2nd Respondent’s funds totaling $460,000, were seized as the funds which constitute proceeds of narcotics trafficking and money laundering.

Atiku therefore asked the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, to invoke Section 137 of the 1999 Constitution to nullify the declaration of Tinubu as President on account of his narcotics drugs crime and throw him out of office as Nigeria’s President.

Garry Ochigbo, Edited By Grace Namiji