Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says election petitions are judged by facts and evidence rather than propaganda or social media.
Wike praised the Justices of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PECPC) for devoting time and effort to addressing everything from preliminary objections to applications to objections on documents and exhibits to substantive concerns.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today show in Abuja on Thursday.
He said: “I have always told people that an election petition is not like any other case; it’s a special area; it is not by propaganda, it is not won on social media, it is the presentation of evidence, facts.
“I sat down for not less than 10 hours. Look at how the justices painstakingly took each item one by one, from the preliminary objections to the motions, down to the objections on documents and exhibits, down to substantial issues.”
Further, the minister stated that he did not support his party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at the tribunal because their position on the 2023 presidential election was incorrect.
The former governor of Rivers State added: “I believe their position was wrong; I believe in equity, I believe in fairness, I believe in justice.”
