Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has reacted to the affirmation of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Supreme Court on Thursday 26 October, 2023, saying, there is a huge difference between “emotions and law”.
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| President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu |
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals by 2023 Presidential candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, went ahead to validate Tinubu’s victory at the 2023 Presidential Election conducted on Saturday 25 February, 2023.
The Minister added, “What is now left is nation-building. The other Presidential candidates must now call President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and congratulate him as true patriots.”
Keyamo said: “By the judgment of the Supreme Court today, the laymen prowling all over the social media can now clearly see that there is a wide chasm between emotions and law. These were Election Petitions pursued with unnecessary venom and hatred by most of those involved. Today, they have learnt a bitter lesson that such venom, hatred and sentiment have no place in judicial proceedings and deliberations. Their journey has come to a grinding end.
“We had consistently made the same points to the opposition, but they kept giving their supporters false hopes and goading them in the wrong direction. Unfortunately for them, all the vituperations poured out against the judiciary actually cut no ice with it. Our Justices are always firm, courageous and cerebral. Kudos to them.
“What is now left is nation-building. The other Presidential candidates must now call President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and congratulate him as true patriots. We as patriotic citizens must also now close ranks to help steer our country in the right direction. I wish all of us well.”
