Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment has insisted that his principal, Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the just concluded February 25 presidential election....CONTINUE READING
Keyamo, a leading member of the Tinubu/Shettima campaign said the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi lost with a margin of 2,693,193 votes…..CONTINUE READING
According to the Minister in a tweet on Tuesday, May 16, the allegation of electoral malpractice in just one State cannot upturn the entire result of the election if it did not affect the declared result.
He added that evidence allowed in court to prove over voting may differ greatly from what was put together to make what he described as “fanciful documentaries.”
“So, let me educate the unlearned fellows as to how electoral jurisprudence works so that no one deceives them: If you allege electoral malpractice in just ONE STATE and you do 100 TV documentaries on it, it cannot and will not upturn the overall result of the election in the event that when you subtract or add the result of that ONE STATE to the overall tally, the margin between both candidates will still not be obliterated,” part of his tweet read…..CONTINUE READING
For the avoidance of doubt, Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT of the APC beat Peter Obi of LP by a margin of 2,693,193 votes.
So, let me educate the unlearned fellows as to how electoral jurisprudence works so that no one deceives them: If you allege electoral malpractice in just…
— Festus Keyamo, SAN (@fkeyamo) May 16, 2023
