Heavens will not fall if Tribunal removes Tinubu from office – Atiku Abubakar

Atiku Abubakar, the Former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has told the Presidential Election Petitions Court that heavens would not fall if the Tribunal court resolves that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was unlawfully declared winner of the General 2023 and subsequently removes him from office of the President .

The former Vice President said this in his final written address in support of his petition challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu as winner of the February 25th, 2023, presidential election.

Atuku stated the fact that a presidential election had never been nullified before in Nigeria was not good enough reason for the tribunal to avoid doing the right thing at the right time.

Arguing against the submission of former governor of Lagos state that nullifying the February 25 presidential election on account of interpretation of the 25 per cent of votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) could lead to chaos in Nigeria, Atiku said nothing like that would happen if the tribunal reached such verdict.

Atiku said, “At this stage, it is pertinent to observe from the outset that the Second Respondent’s Final Written Address, with respect, reflects a complete misconception and unfortunate misunderstanding of the case of the Petitioners.”

Chief Chris Uche SAN who’s the Lead counsel to Atiku and PDP, said in the final address, “A subtle threat of apocalyptic catastrophe of national chaos and anarchy if a judgement is not given in a particular manner cannot deter a court of law from doing justice.

“The court must do justice, rather ‘let the heavens fall’ but as courageously stated by the Supreme Court per Oguntade JSC, in the epic case of AMAECHI vs. INEC & ORS (2008) LPELR-446(SC) (Pp. 67-68 paras. D): ‘I must do justice even if the heavens fall.’ The truth, of course, is that when justice has been done, the heavens stay in place.”

Uche SAN future urged PREPEC to adopt a proactive approach to its interpretation of the new laws and application of the new technologies in order not to stifle the principles of transparency and integrity, being the bedrock of constitutional democracy. [CONTINUE READING]>>>