6th Of September: The Sky Won’t Come Down, Tribunal Judgement Is Not The Final – Falana Speaks

Popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has weighed in on the events surrounding the expected verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal is generating from Nigerians.

According to the lawyer, the 2023 election tribunal has seen unprecedented levels of judicial intimidation and blackmail.

TopNaija recalls that on Monday, the Court of Appeal confirmed that it will deliver judgment on the presidential election petitions on Wednesday, September 6th, 2023.

Falana, however, pointed out that the verdict of the tribunal is not final, and all stakeholders need to remember that the Supreme Court can still overturn whatever be the presidential tribunal’s ruling.

TopNaija reports Femi Felana made the submission on Monday while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

In his words, “We have been having election petitions since the colonial era, but none has attracted such level of blackmail and intimidation of the judiciary.

“I am worried that people give the impression that everything ends with the judgement of the Court of Appeal, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Any party that loses on Wednesday still has the opportunity to appeal to the Supreme Court. So, what is the basis for the cheap blackmail that is going on?”

The senior lawyer emphasized that the judges must not be intimidated, regardless of the outcome of Wednesday’s tribunal ruling.

“As they say, even if the heavens will fall and the heavens won’t fall anyway, the judges must not be intimidated, they must give their decision regardless of blackmail or intimidations convinced that they can justify their judgment.

“That is what is required of them, to examine the evidence, apply the law and deliver a decision. One way or the other, some will lose, some will win; but those who lose in the case and are aggrieved will have another opportunity to approach the Supreme Court and demonstrate how the Court of Appeal has erred,” Falana submitted.