On the 6th of August, the whole of Nigeria stood still for a couple of hours in anticipation of the Tribunals ruling over the case of the elections held earlier in the year.
The tribunal made up of five judges, headed by Haruna Tsammani, ruled that Tinubu was returned as duly elected president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, after more than nine hours of thorough examination of petitions and defense of all parties that were in court for the ruling.
The tribunal said all petitions filed by the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) challenging Tinubu’s victory were all devoid of merit.
The cases concerning the charges filed against Tinubu included his failure to secure 25 percent of votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and his forfeiture of $460,000 in the US. Also, the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to transmit election results electronically.
The panel ruled that INEC is at liberty to determine its mode of transmitting election results. And all three petitions were devoid of merit, thus the petitions were dismissed.
Reacting to the ruling, Tinubu said the judgment has renewed his goal of unifying Nigeria.
President Tinubu welcomed the judgment of the court with an intense sense of solemn responsibility and preparedness to serve all Nigerians, irrespective of all diverse political persuasions, faiths, and tribal identities.
After the ruling was made and the court officially claimed that Tinubu was the legal president, the next case has been adjourned till 60 days later, hence we have to wait for another two months to be able to know the fate of the country.