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Tinubu not bothered about tribunal verdict, he’ll not intimidate judiciary – Presidency

 

The Presidency claims that President Bola Tinubu is unconcerned about the court’s verdict that will be delivered at the Presidential Election Petition Court.

Making this disclosure while speaking during Channels TV’s evening broadcast, Politics Today, Ajuri Ngelale the presidential spokesman detailed that the president will not threaten the judiciary, adding that the judiciary will give its verdict based on merits.

“He (Tinubu) is not worried simply because he knows he won the election,” said presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday.

“The President sees no need to threaten judicial officers. He sees no need to raise speculations against the integrity of judicial officers; he believes in the sanctity and integrity of the Nigerian judicial system, he believes the great men and women on the panel will make their decisions based only on the fact before them.

“He will continue to ensure that no matter what the outcome of the judgment is, he does his part and ensure that our institutions continue to be respected, not just by him, but all actors,” Ngelale added.

His comment comes amid widespread worries of alleged plot by the President Bola Tinubu led government to distort the verdict of the PEPT.