See why Supreme Court accuses PDP of cyberbullying
The Supreme Court charges the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for cyberbullying.
This was declared by the Supreme Court on Friday when it handed down its ruling in a PDP appeal that sought to invalidate Bola Tinubu’s election as president-elect on the grounds that his running mate, Kashim Shettima, had engaged in double nominating himself.
Inyang Okoro, a justice of the supreme court, pointed out that the PDP was misleading the public through social media while delivering the ruling.
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The appellant lacked locus standing to bring the lawsuit, and the five-member panel of the supreme court dismissed the appeal.
According to Okoro, the appellant attempted to deceive the supreme court by asserting that the lower court had determined that there had been a duplicate nomination.
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Delivering judgement, the judge said, “The appellant stated to this court that the court below found that there was indeed double nomination and that the 4th respondent knowingly allowed himself to be nominated in two constituencies,” Okoro said.
“I have searched the entirety of the record and indeed the judgement of the court below and there is no such finding. To think that learned senior counsel will mislead the court is sad.
“For public policy sake, I must state that indeed the 4th (Shettima) respondent withdrew from the nomination for Borno central district on the 6th of July 2022 exhibited as exhibit APC 1 on page 58 of the record of appeal.
“The political party sent to the INEC on the same 6th of July, 2022 the notice of withdrawal. The political party further sent on the 10th of July 2022, a notification of dates for the conduct of fresh primaries for the senatorial district, and the latter letter exhibit APC2 on page 59 of the record carried the reference of Exhibit APC1.
“That is as at the 6th of July, 2022 there was no longer nomination of the 4th respondent for Borno central senatorial district and there could not have been double nomination on the 14th of July 2022.
Speaking further, Inyang condemned the opposition party for exploiting social media to bully justices of the apex court.
“Using social media to terrorise and bully the justices of the supreme court by the appellant is appalling and unprofessional.
“The appeal is without merit and is dismissed. I abide by the award of cost in the lead judgement.”
