Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party Party (PDP) in Katsina State have slammed the judgment of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) in favour of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu.

Addressing a press conference in Katsina, spokesperson of the group, Senator Umar Tsauri, who was chairman of the party’s governorship campaign council claimed the PEPC as well as the Katsina State election petitions tribunals “concluded their assignments and passed very unfortunate judgments that did not reflect the justice the Nigerians expected.”

He alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deceived Nigerians over the use of BVAC during the polls.

“We actually believe that judgments have been passed but without justice because it has been denied. We stand to say that the judgment passed by the PEPC has been far away from justice.

“In fact, we would say that what INEC did during the elections is exactly what the PEPC did to Nigeria, Nigerians and the democratic process. If you may recall, Chairman of INEC, Prof. Yakubu, told Nigerians that the commission would use the BVAS machines to make the elections accurate, free, fair and credible.

“We, in the opposition, believed him and became so relaxed with full confidence and optimism.

“Unfortunately, the reverse was the case because all he told Nigerians turned out to be deceit.

“He deceived Nigerians by doing the opposite of his utterances.

“That is exactly what our learned Justices of the Court of Appeal did when delivering the judgment without justice.

“Our lawyers wasted much of their professional and judicial time bringing documents and witnesses to prove their cases. Unfortunately, they ended up passing judgment not even on technicalities but on collective personal interest.