Kalu: Tinubu’s Electoral Victory Never in Doubt 

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja

Following the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal delivered in favour of President Bola Tinubu, the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin  Kalu, has said that the electoral victory of the president has never been in doubt.

Kalu, in a statement issued Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr. Levinus Nwabughiogu, congratulated the president on his victory at the tribunal.

He said Tinubu’s victory as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the February presidential election was never in doubt.

He commended President Tinubu for staying focused on governance despite the obvious attempts by his opponents to distract him through litigations from the onerous task of fixing the country.

The deputy speaker said Nigerians couldn’t have made a wrong choice on February 25, 2023 when they filed out en masse across the country to cast their votes for the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Kalu stressed that the ruling of the tribunal only affirmed the peoples verdict and further lent credence to the legitimacy of Tinubu’s election.

The deputy speaker commended the thoroughness and the sense of professionalism displayed by the five-man panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani in interpreting the law and dispensing justice.

He, however, hailed Tinubu’s opponents for deepening democracy by their actions that further tested the nation’s constitution and the electoral laws.

The deputy speaker commended them for not resorting to violence or other extra judicial means after the polls but elected to pursue their grievances through the court.

Kalu, however, urged the opponents to key into the Renewed Hope agenda of the current administration, urging them to put an end to the legal voyage and join hands with the president and all well-meaning Nigerians across all political divides to move the country forward.

He also congratulated the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Hon. Nkiruka Onyejiocha, on her victory at the tribunal over the seat of Isiukwuato/ Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State.