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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Labour Party\u2019s vice presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that the Supreme Court did not affirm the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, contrary to the general belief<\/p>\n

According to the former federal lawmaker, the apex court merely upheld what he described as the illegality declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\n

Datti Baba-Ahmed stated this when he appeared as a guest on Arise TV on Monday evening, hours after his boss, Peter Obi, addressed the press on the outcome of the judicial process in the aftermath of the election.<\/p>\n

He said they had rejected the Supreme Court judgement and did not accept it as a valid ruling.<\/p>\n

Peter Obi had gone to the apex court to challenge the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which upheld INEC\u2019s declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the election.<\/p>\n

The apex court, in its ruling, stood by the PEPT\u2019s decision, affirming Tinubu as the duly elected president.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease quote me on this: the Appeal and Supreme Courts did not affirm Tinubu\u2019s presidency. They merely upheld the illegality of INEC\u2019s declaration,\u201d Datti Baba-Ahmed said on Arise TV.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe accepted the judgment because it was the last step for HE Peter Obi and I to take; we rejected and did not accept it as a valid judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Labour Party\u2019s vice presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that the Supreme Court did not affirm the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, contrary to the general belief According to the former federal lawmaker, the apex court merely upheld what he described as the illegality declared by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":100035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,7935,254,620,945],"class_list":["post-100036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-datti-baba-ahmed","tag-nigeria","tag-supreme-court","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"\nSupreme Court didn\u2019t affirm Tinubu as winner of 2023 election \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Labour Party\u2019s vice presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that the Supreme Court ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/supreme-court-didnt-affirm-tinubu-as-winner-of-2023-election-datti-baba-ahmed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supreme Court didn\u2019t affirm Tinubu as winner of 2023 election \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Labour Party\u2019s vice presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that the Supreme Court ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/supreme-court-didnt-affirm-tinubu-as-winner-of-2023-election-datti-baba-ahmed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-07T10:01:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-07T12:27:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1699343639.593377.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"721\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/supreme-court-didnt-affirm-tinubu-as-winner-of-2023-election-datti-baba-ahmed#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/supreme-court-didnt-affirm-tinubu-as-winner-of-2023-election-datti-baba-ahmed\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Supreme Court didn\u2019t affirm Tinubu as winner of 2023 election \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-07T10:01:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-07T12:27:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/supreme-court-didnt-affirm-tinubu-as-winner-of-2023-election-datti-baba-ahmed\"},\"wordCount\":247,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/supreme-court-didnt-affirm-tinubu-as-winner-of-2023-election-datti-baba-ahmed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1699343639.593377.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Datti Baba-Ahmed\",\"Nigeria\",\"Supreme Court\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/supreme-court-didnt-affirm-tinubu-as-winner-of-2023-election-datti-baba-ahmed#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/supreme-court-didnt-affirm-tinubu-as-winner-of-2023-election-datti-baba-ahmed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/supreme-court-didnt-affirm-tinubu-as-winner-of-2023-election-datti-baba-ahmed\",\"name\":\"Supreme Court didn\u2019t affirm Tinubu as winner of 2023 election \u2013 Datti Baba-Ahmed - 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