Festus Keyamo, a former Labour junior minister, has labelled certain opposition as a “sore loser” due to their intervention in the court process.
Mr Keyamo, a senior advocate, (SAN) said this on Tuesday via his Twitter handle.
He said this in response to a recent statement by Wole Olanipekun, President Bola Tinubu’s lead counsel, seeking the presidential election tribunal not to nullify Mr Tinubu’s victory in the previous presidential election because he did not secure 25% of the vote, citing the risk of chaos.
Mr Olanipekun, also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), stated that the FCT is equivalent to the country’s 37th state and cannot be granted special status.
He made this statement in response to Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi’s suit asking the election tribunal in Abuja to void the presidential election of February 25.
But the lawyer in his final written address against Mr Obi and LP petition, described the arguments and testimonies of witnesses presented by the challengers as “frivolous, bogus and based on hearsay.”
Keyamo’s words:
“Instead of waiting calmly for the judiciary to perform its constitutional role in the electoral process, these sore losers have unleashed their emotions all over the place; their cretins and minions have conjured all kinds of conspiracy theories and weird interpretations to simple things – from imaginary phone calls between certain individuals to warped understanding of Final Addresses in court and fanciful projections for a so-called re-run (when nothing has been decided in that regard).
“I am sorry to note that it appears they are losing their minds. I never imagined just one loss of an election can send some characters tail spinning into depression.
“As opposition members, we lost several elections, but instead of engaging in these inanities, what we did was to respect the sanctity of the judiciary and to regroup for future elections. That was the mentality of @officialABAT, as leader of the Opposition, and today he is President.
“However, with the way these characters are going (trying to destroy every institution of State in their wake), it will be a long night for them.