Tribunal judgement: Keep the faith, don’t be discouraged, Abure tells LP supporters

Following the controversial judgement delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal—PEPT, headed by Justice Haruna Tsamani which upheld the victory of President Bola Tinubu, Barrister Julius Abure, the national chairman of the Labour Party—LP, has charged the supporters of the party to keep the faith and never to feel discouraged.

NewsBand reported on Wednesday that the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal—PEPT, dismissed the petitions filed by Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party—LP and his PDP counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar challenging Tinubu’s victory in the last election.

The tribunal in what has been described as legal abracadabra, struck out the petitions on the ground that Mr Peter Obi failed to prove how he got the majority votes.

But while speaking on the tribunal judgement, Abure thanked the Obidient family and members of the general public for their immense support for the party.

He urged them not to give up, adding that their active participation in the last election changed the narrative.

According to Abure, the Labour Party–LP, today has 35 members of the House of Representatives, 8 distinguished Senators and several House of Assembly members and this achievements, he said, could not be made possible without their support.

Part of the statement reads, “Let me start first by thanking all our supporters, Labour Party members and the Obidient members for their immense support towards the party.

“Out of their support for the party, we have in our kitty today a governor, 35 members of the House of Representatives, 8 distinguished Senators and several House of Assembly members.

“Our participation in the 2023 general election, no doubt has changed the political landscape in the country. All these achievements by the Labour Party could not have been possible if not for the support of members of the public, the Obidient family and well meaning and right thinking Nigerians who genuinely wanted change for the country.

“I am indeed very appreciative of their efforts, their financial contributions and moral supports and how they came out to vote for the party in the presidential election which we believe we won irrespective of whatever the tribunal has said.

“I want to admonish and appeal to our people, we should not be daunted at all. Nelson Mandela in his book, ‘A Long Walk To Freedom’ said every step we take leads us to our freedom. Today in the words of Mandela, every step we have taken and would take leads us to our freedom, leads us to our taking back our country, and it leads us to our taking back Nigeria.

“Even the judgement is also a step towards reclaiming our country. I am therefore admonishing all our supporters not to be discouraged at all. We are preparing our papers and we are definitely moving from here to the Supreme Court. We have protested and they said don’t protest, ‘go to Court’ and we are in court. Today all ayes are on the judiciary.

“For us as a party, we are going to sustain this momentum and we are also calling on all our supporters to sustain this momentum to take over the country and to reposition it for greatness. It is not an easy task but I am happy that we have started, we have put our hands on the plough and we will definitely not look back.

“I am therefore admonishing our supporters to remain committed to the movement and remain committed to Nigeria. Nigeria belongs to all of us and it must definitely work.”

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