In this landscape, religious leaders continue to wield significant influence, even as their predictions fail.
Mr Umahi left the Senate after being appointed the country’s minister of works by President Bola Tinubu.
For us, we believe it is time for them to accept the verdict of Nigerians as affirmed by the Tribunal,” he said.
“I express respect for the court’s views and rulings but openly disagree with the judgment’s rationale and final conclusions,” he said.
“Some of us have been saying that Peter Obi decided to go to the tribunal to justify all the money he collected during the campaign. All that money was corruptly siphoned.”
“A divided house cannot stand. Nigerians should recognise that Atiku, by his greed, denied PDP a possible victory.”
The PDP said, “Indeed, the judgment is generous in technicalities and very short in delivering substantial justice in the matter.”
A panel of appellate jurists affirmed the February 2023 declaration of Bola Tinubu as the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election on Wednesday night.
The ruling was delivered on Wednesday.
The court had earlier struck out the testimonies of 10 of 13 witnesses Peter Obi and the Labour Party had presented to buttress their arguments.
