Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja, has responded to the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Court, stating that election petitions cannot be won through social media propaganda.
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During an interview on the “Politics Today” program on Channels Television, Wike emphasized that election petitions are a distinct case and not subject to publicity efforts.
“I have always told people that election petition is not like any other case. It is a special area. It is not by propaganda.
“It is not won on social media. It is a presentation of evidence and facts. Not what you said to your supporters outside.
“I sat down for not less than 10 hours and to look at how the justices painstakingly took each item one by one, from the preliminary objections to the motions, down to the objections on documents and exhibits, down to substantial issues”, he said.
Wike who is also the immediate past Governor of Rivers State said that he knew the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), would not win the election.
“I know that he (Peter Obi) won’t win the election. Let me tell you the truth, I am a realist. For me, the way the election went, it was a tough election. I give it to INEC”.
“Yes, as a young man, people would have preferred that he won but look at how the votes went.
“There is this generational change, the young people were tired. So, for them, the only hope they had was to vote for Obi as a younger person compared to other candidates.
But unknown to them, that is not the reality of Nigerian politics. They didn’t take into cognisance that ethnicity is a factor. They didn’t take into cognisance that religion is a factor, not only competence; that is the reality of Nigerian politics”, he said.
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