Ahead of the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) scheduled for Wednesday, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has charged presidential candidates that the tribunal judgment is not final, News Around Nigeria reports.
According to Falana, parties who are not satisfied with the Tribunal decision can still approach the Supreme Court with the matter.
While expressing displeasure over the blackmail the judiciary was facing, which according to him, is unprecedented over the presidential election petitions, he noted that there was no election petition that have attracted such attention in the country since colonial rule.
The legal icon, therefore, blamed the blackmail and intimidation on fresh voters who believed that their preferred candidate must be declared winner of the election.
He added that stating that election tribunals were for justices to examine the evidence presented by the parties, and apply the law, to give a verdict.
“As they say, even if the heavens will fall and the heavens won’t fall anyway, the judges must not be intimidated, they must give their decision regardless of blackmail or intimidations convinced that they can justify their judgment.
“That is what is required of them, to examine the evidence, apply the law and deliver a decision. One way or the other, some will lose, some will win; but those who lose in the case and are aggrieved will have another opportunity to approach the Supreme Court and demonstrate how the Court of Appeal has erred,” Falana added.
