The judge also ordered the appellants to pay the respondents the sum of N200,000 as cost for filing frivolous petition.
Mr Osonwa, who said that the security of lives and property was paramount, promised to come up with bills and motions that would be security-centred.
“In the hands of the opposition, many of the laudable programmes of the Buhari administration would have been sabotaged or unimplemented.”
The cardinal preferred that the lawsuits against Mr Tinubu were concluded before his inauguration as president.
“We have no option than to support him, having seen what he has in mind for us. We also felt there was a need to celebrate this victory.
“In sum, Peter Obi just came as a spoiler with his mountainous social media following,” Mr Abubakre alleged.
The tribunal’s secretary, Abba Dahiru, said the tribunal received 31 petitions, out of which 22 were for the state assembly elections.
Mr Erondu said at no time did he give money to any legislator nor engage anyone “to obtain the buy-in of members of the assembly” on his behalf.
Mr Cole said he has the full support of his party at the national level to challenge the outcome of the result at the tribunal.
They said this would ensure equity, fairness and peace in the Nigerian project and kill allegations of marginalisation of Igbos.
