Peter Obi was not qualified to contest 2023 presidential election — Justice Salami

A erstwhile Appeal Court President, Justice Isa Salami (rtd), has claimed that Peter Obi was not eligible to contention successful the 2023 statesmanlike elections.

According to Justice Salami, the incompetence of immoderate judges resulted successful incorrect verdicts.

He was speaking successful Ilorin, the superior of Kwara State, during a courtesy sojourn by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.

“Peter Obi ought not to person contested the 2023 statesmanlike election,” Salami said.

“In the consciousness that by the clip helium mislaid the PDP primary, LP had submitted its database of members to the Independent National Electoral Commission. And the Constitution says determination cannot beryllium an autarkic candidacy.

“How did helium go a campaigner of LP if helium does not beryllium to LP? The aforesaid happening happened to the Governor of Kano State, Habba Yusuf, who has present defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

“His sanction is not successful the NNDP’s register, but they issued him a rank card, and the registry is expected to beryllium the parent of the card.

“But the Supreme Court Countenanced it, adjacent though the tribunal and Appeal Court frowned astatine it. That is the occupation of competence.”

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