Atiku’s aide warns Tinubu supporters not to interfere with activities of election court

Following their recent protest march at the European Union headquarters in Abuja in response to the publication of the European Union Observer Mission (EU-EOM) report, supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu have been warned to avoid the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) and not try to interfere with the proceedings.

The warning was given in a statement released on Sunday by Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communication to PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar.

The warning, according to him, became urgent after what he perceived to be a sponsored protest at the EU office following the publication of the EU-EOM report, which stated that the 2023 elections would be marred by irregularities.

The Tinubu government has demonstrated a clear disregard for the truth by picketing the EU office, so Shaibu said: “We seize this opportunity to warn them against interfering with the election tribunal’s proceedings.

“Recall that in 1999, when the late renowned attorney Chief Gani Fawehinmi sued Tinubu for forging school transcripts, thugs were hired to cause demonstrations outside the courthouse. Similarly, thugs were sponsored to protest at Tinubu’s trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in an effort to intimidate the court system.

We find it odd that the same security agencies that have been issuing statements prohibiting protests were oddly available to provide cover for sponsored pro-government protesters to picket the EU office. As the tribunal proceedings come to a close, we sound a warning to the security agencies to be on guard. The whole world is on guard.

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Shaibu further asserted in the statement that in the first 40 days of Tinubu’s presidency, poverty had gotten worse and inflation had shot through the roof.

Food is now a luxury, according to Shaibu. Unexpectedly eliminating the petrol subsidy without any kind of palliatives has decreased the average person’s purchasing power. A T-shirt and a placard could be given to any riffraff on the street for just N1,000, allowing them to participate in protests they have no knowledge of.

“This is how far Nigeria has fallen since Tinubu took control of the government,”

By blaming the APC for failing to find scapegoats while avoiding to blame former President Muhammadu Buhari, he claimed Tinubu was leading a government of hypocrisy.

“While continuing to heap praise on the man who not only appointed Emefiele but also gave him a national award, Tinubu blamed Godwin Emefiele for the nation’s economic problems and ordered his detention. Atiku’s aide referred to this as the height of hypocrisy.

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