Aisha Yesufu, a human rights activist and a strong supporter of Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general election, has expressed her disagreement with the court’s decision to uphold President Bola Tinubu’s victory, insisting that Tinubu didnot win the 2023 election.
Recall that last Wednesday, a five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani dismissed the petition by Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party, and the Allied Peoples Movement, challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory.
Aisha, Speaking in a podcast hosted by Channels TV presenter, Seun Okinbaloye, described Tinubu’s victory as a political and civilian coup and declared that she would never accept Tinubu as her president because he “rigged his way” to Aso Rock.
She further described the tribunal judgement process as a “movie,” with a “trailer”.
She said: “Tinubu did not win the 2023 presidential election and will never be my president because he rigged his way to be declared the one with the majority votes. And as for me, that is a political coup. That is a civilian coup and it is the mandate of the people that was stolen. My focus and other Nigerians now is to ensure getting the mandate back.
“I stayed for over 13 hours in the court and I heard all the judgement read by the justices. It was all a movie.
“And there was a trailer before the movie, it began when the former Supreme Court justice, Mary Odili spoke. It already preempted what we expected.”
She added that the exercise started getting fishy when PEPC declined that the proceedings be aired live from the beginning until the judgment day and failed to show the faces of the justices.
“There was a need for people to see how it has been going rather than just hearing the judgment only.
“The joy in the faces of the judges showed that they were biased. They acted more like counsels to the respondents (President Tinubu, All Progressives Congress and VP Kashim Shettima).
“The politicians always believe that they control the court, that is why they are quick to tell people to go to court if they are satisfied with the results of elections.”