Tribunal Judgment: Oladipo Says There Is Problem If Tinubu Did Not Get 25% of The Votes In FCT

Former National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Adewale Oladipo, and a professor of Nuclear Chemistry at the Centre for Energy Research and Development (CERD) at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife has insisted that Asiwaju Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress did meet the constitutional requirements to be declared winner of February 25th poll.

Speaking during an exclusive interview with Tribune Newspaper, Oladipo said there is problem ahead of the president-elect.

It would be recalled that the outcome of the 2023 Presidential election is being contested by Mr Peter Obi and his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Part, Atiku Abubakar.

According to Oladipo, the provision of the constitution did not state including the FCT.

Hear him:

“When you read the provision of the constitution, it says to be declared president, the candidate must get 25 per cent of the votes in at least two-thirds of the states in the federation and the FCT.

The provision did not say ‘including’, meaning that the winner must get it in 24 states minimum and the FCT. My simple knowledge of grammar tells me that a winner needs to have 25 per cent in FCT. I have not looked at the result of the person INEC declared. If he did not get 25 per cent of the votes in FCT, then there is still problem.”