The spokesperson for the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo has queried Nigerians regarding the owner of the alleged stolen mandate arising from the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.
Keyamo, who is also the minister of State, Labour and Employment posited on Saturday that in criminal law, stealing of a property can’t arise unless there is first of all, an owner.
He, therefore, asked the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar who has the mandate that was allegedly stolen.
Taking to Twitter on Saturday Night, Keyamo wrote: “In criminal law, there can be no stealing unless the property has an owner. SIMPLE QUESTION: Between Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, who has the mandate that was allegedly ‘stolen’? Check the comments below to see those who cannot answer a simple question.”
Recall the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the February 25 presidential poll.
Atiku of the PDP placed second while LP’s Peter Obi came third in the polls respectively.
READ ALSO: Datti Baba-Ahmed Will Not Debate Wole Soyinka – LP Spokesman, Tanko
However, both Atiku and Obi have rejected the outcome of the election and vowed to reclaim their ‘stolen mandate’ through the election petition tribunal.
In another tweet, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria said despite the winner declaration by the INEC, the opposition have continued in “propagating unfounded claims aimed at delegitimising the mandate of the President-elect. We have countered these unfounded claims at every point in time and this is what they have interpreted as ‘campaigning after our victory’.”
“No, it is not campaigning. It is defending our mandate against these lies. In reality, they want us to be quiet whist they run amok with their lies. They have found us hard nuts to crack!”
Speaking on the alleged leaked audio involving Obi and Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church he said, “Peter Obi waited for 5 GOOD DAYS to observe whether the ‘yes-daddy’ audio would be very damaging or not to him before commenting on it and when he confirmed it had ended his political career, he tweeted a very WEAK DENIAL.
“Before then, he used to tweet every day or every other day, but this time he did not tweet about the audio for 5 DAYS. On the 4th day, he first avoided it and tweeted about the accusation Lai Mohammed made THAT SAME DAY in Washington DC, without commenting on the ‘yes-daddy’ audio that was already four days old on that day. It was when there was an avalanche of criticisms by Nigerians of ducking the main issue that he then tweeted his weak denial on the fifth day. Wayo man!Nigerians are not fools!”
