Immediate past Minister of Works, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, has denied reports making the rounds that he has drafted the judgment set to be delivered by the judges of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) regarding the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.
Mr. Fashola, in his reaction through a statement released, on Sunday by his media aide, Hakeem Bello, described the allegations as ‘baseless and defamatory’.
It would be recalled that there had been allegations on social media that the former Minister and some others were involved in the drafting the judgment to be read by the tribunal judges in favour of President Bola Tinubu.
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However, Mr. Fashola said the allegations being spread on social media were purely fake news and called on security agencies to take action against those responsible for spreading such information.
He added that he has been away from Abuja for a long period of time after leaving office and those behind the allegations are simply agents of destabilisation.
The former Lagos State Governor also revealed that he has commenced the process of filing formal petitions against the offensive tweets and online reports with the management of the microblogging site, Twitter, and the National Communications Commission (NCC).
He added that those behind the allegations may be part of a wider campaign to undermine the judiciary for their selfish gains and therefore called on security agents not to take the matter with levity but to fish out the perpetrators.
Fashola in the statement urged members of the public to disregard the false allegations and report any individuals involved in spreading such dangerous fabrications to the relevant security agencies.
