Spokesman to President Bola Tinubu, Ajuri Ngelale, has revealed that his boss is not worried about the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
Reiterating Tinubu’s commitment to ensuring that the tribunal delivers its judgment based on merit, Ngelale claimed that the president will not interfere with the outcome of the tribunal.
“He (Tinubu) is not worried simply because he knows he won the election,” Ajuri Ngelale while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday.
“The President sees no need to threaten judicial officers. He sees no need to raise speculations against the integrity of judicial officers; he believes in the sanctity and integrity of the Nigerian judicial system, and he believes the great men and women on the panel will make their decisions based only on the facts before them”.
He said Tinubu will continue to ensure that no matter what the outcome of the judgment is, the President will play his part and ensure that institutions continue to be respected, not just by him, but by all actors.
HeraldNG reports that the presidential spokesman’s comment comes as supporters of opposition parties continue to express worries over an alleged plot by the President to influence the tribunal’s verdict in his favour.
While the President is abroad attending the G-20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, India, the Tribunal will issue its ruling.