Ahead of the presidential election petition court judgement on Wednesday,6 September, the Ministry of Defence and the Nigerian Police Force have sent a strong warning to individuals and groups who take to the streets to protest .
The judgement decided by a panel of five justices headed by Justice Haruna Tsammani will determine the actual winner of the February 25 presidential election
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC had declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC as winner of the election having scored a total of 8,805,420 votes to beat his opponents ,Abubakar Atiku of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP who polled 6,984,290 votes and Peter Obi of the Labour party LP who garnered 6,093,962
Dissatisfied with the turnout of the election, Atiku and Obi had dragged Tinubu to court each claiming victory and why the APC candidate must be disqualified as a result of discrepancies in credentials and pre election matters concerning the Vice President, Kashim Shettima.
The court is also expected to look at the merits or demerits of arguments on the 25% of votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory FCT .
But as The PEPC judgement is set to be delivered, some elements in parts of the country have begun mobilising students,socio – cultural groups and others to protest against the current economic challenges of the country according to the Department of State Services DSS on Monday.
In the same vein, the Defence Ministry through its spokesman, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau has asked those who are planning to protest to shelve the idea.
The Force on its part said it would not condone any form of unlawful action in the FCT or anywhere in the country and asked trouble makers to stay away.
Meanwhile, as the men of the bench get ready to decide the fate of Atiku ,Obi and Tinubu,who was sworn in as president 3 months ago with his cabinet inaugurated and fully getting down to work , expectations are high from supporters of the government and the opposition.
