TODAY, JULY 10TH, 2025 - THE DAY THAT WILL DEFINE YOUR LEGACY FOREVER
To Justice Mohammed Garba Lawal and the Supreme Court panel sitting in judgment today on the Edo State governorship election dispute: HISTORY IS WATCHING YOU. Not just the 4 million people of Edo State, not just the 220 million Nigerians who still believe in democracy, but future generations who will judge whether you had the courage to save Nigeria's democracy when it mattered most.
THIS IS YOUR MOMENT OF TRUTH
As you sit in that hallowed chamber today, preparing to deliver judgment on Asue Ighodalo's appeal against the electoral fraud that installed Monday Okpebholo, understand this: YOU ARE NOT JUST DECIDING A CASE - YOU ARE DECIDING THE FATE OF NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY.
The tribunal failed Nigeria. Justice Wilfred Kpochi and his panel looked at 154 BVAS machines showing clear evidence of electoral manipulation and called them "dumped evidence." They had forensic proof that result sheets were forged by a single hand and dismissed it as irrelevant. They witnessed the greatest electoral heist since 1999 and chose cowardice over courage.
The Court of Appeal doubled down on this betrayal. Justice Mohammed Danjuma's panel didn't just affirm the tribunal's cowardice - they went further, expunging BVAS evidence entirely from the record. They turned justice on its head, making evidence of fraud inadmissible while fraud itself became acceptable.
YOU ARE THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE. If you fail today, if you choose technicalities over truth, if you validate this monumental fraud, you will not just be stealing Asue Ighodalo's mandate - you will be murdering Nigerian democracy in cold blood.
THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING - STOP HIDING BEHIND TECHNICALITIES
Justice Lawal, you and your panel know the truth. The evidence is not just clear - it is DAMNING:
154 BVAS machines from 133 polling units tell a story of systematic fraud. These machines don't lie, Justice Lawal. They don't have political affiliations. They simply record the truth that the lower courts were too corrupt or cowardly to acknowledge.
765 polling units with over-voting - that's 16.7% of all polling units in Edo State. This isn't a statistical anomaly, Justice Lawal. This is industrial-scale electoral fraud. When nearly one in every five polling units shows over-voting, only willful blindness or criminal complicity can ignore it.
Forensic handwriting analysis proving that multiple result sheets were filled out by a single person. This isn't circumstantial evidence, Justice Lawal. This is scientific proof of forgery that would convict in any honest court in the world.
25 international observer groups calling it "the worst election since 2007." Yiaga Africa, with 325 trained observers, concluded it "fails the electoral integrity test." Are you going to tell the world that 25 independent organizations are lying while INEC is telling the truth?
ASUE IGHODALO WON THIS ELECTION - AND YOU KNOW IT
The mathematics are simple, Justice Lawal. Remove the fraudulent votes, subtract the over-voting, account for the forged result sheets, and ASUE IGHODALO EMERGES AS THE CLEAR WINNER. This isn't about party politics - this is about basic arithmetic and fundamental honesty.
Monday Okpebholo's so-called "victory" rests on:
- Forged result sheets
- Over-voting in hundreds of polling units
- BVAS manipulation documented by forensic experts
- Results that contradict accreditation figures
This is not a mandate, Justice Lawal. This is a certificate of fraud masquerading as electoral victory.
YOUR NAMES WILL BE WRITTEN IN HISTORY
Justice Mohammed Garba Lawal, Justice Tijjani Abubakar, Justice Emmanuel Agim, Justice Adamu Jauro, and Justice Haruna Tsammani - YOUR NAMES WILL BE REMEMBERED. The question is: how do you want to be remembered?
Option 1: As the judges who saved Nigerian democracy when it was on life support. As the jurists who looked at overwhelming evidence of fraud and had the courage to call it what it is. As the guardians of justice who chose truth over political expediency.
Option 2: As the judges who delivered the final blow to Nigerian democracy. As the cowards who had evidence of the biggest electoral fraud in Edo's history and chose to look the other way. As the undertakers who buried justice when Nigeria needed it most.
There is no middle ground, Justice Lawal. There is no technical escape route. There is only courage or cowardice, justice or complicity, truth or betrayal.
THE WEIGHT OF JUDICIAL PRECEDENT IS ON YOUR SHOULDERS
For over two decades, Nigerian courts have consistently validated electoral fraud through technicalities. NO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HAS EVER BEEN OVERTURNED. Governorship elections follow the same shameful pattern: ignore the evidence, focus on technicalities, validate the fraud, and send the people home empty-handed.
TODAY YOU CAN BREAK THIS CYCLE OF JUDICIAL COWARDICE.
Section 137 of the Electoral Act 2022 exists for a reason, Justice Lawal. It allows certified documents to speak for themselves precisely to prevent the kind of technical gymnastics the lower courts used to dismiss legitimate evidence. You don't need INEC officials to explain certified documents showing fraud - the documents speak for themselves.
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS WATCHING
Do you think the world doesn't see what's happening in Nigeria? Do you believe international partners don't understand that our elections have become elaborate charades designed to legitimize predetermined outcomes?
Every major democracy is watching your decision today. They're asking: "Is Nigeria's Supreme Court an independent institution or just another tool for validating electoral fraud?"
Your decision today will determine whether Nigeria continues to be taken seriously as a democracy or whether we join the ranks of banana republics where courts exist only to rubber-stamp rigged elections.
THE PEOPLE OF EDO STATE DESERVE JUSTICE
4 million Edo citizens went out on September 21, 2024, and voted. They stood in lines, they braved intimidation, they exercised their democratic rights. THEY VOTED FOR ASUE IGHODALO, and their votes were systematically stolen through the fraud you're being asked to validate today.
These people don't care about your legal technicalities, Justice Lawal. They don't want to hear about "burden of proof" or "competent witnesses." They want to know: DID THEIR VOTES COUNT OR NOT?
If you validate Monday Okpebholo's fraudulent victory, you're telling 4 million Edo citizens that their votes are worthless, that democracy is a lie, and that power belongs to whoever can manipulate results and count on judicial complicity.
THIS IS BIGGER THAN EDO STATE
Nigeria is at a crossroads, Justice Lawal. Citizens are losing faith in the ballot box because courts consistently validate fraud. Politicians are emboldened to rig elections because they know the judiciary will provide cover. Democracy is dying because its guardians have become its gravediggers.
If you uphold this fraud today, you're not just stealing one election - you're giving riggers across Nigeria a blueprint for future electoral heists. You're telling INEC that fraud will be judicially protected. You're announcing to political parties that evidence doesn't matter as long as you have the right connections.
THE CHOICE IS SIMPLE: COURAGE OR COWARDICE
Justice Lawal, this isn't about complex legal interpretations. This isn't about conflicting precedents or technical arguments. THIS IS ABOUT WHETHER YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
The evidence of fraud is overwhelming. The real winner is clear. The path to justice is obvious. All that's required is the courage to walk it.
Will you be the judge who finally stood up to electoral fraud in Nigeria? Or will you be another name on the long list of judicial cowards who chose the easy path when democracy needed champions?
A WARNING FROM HISTORY
History has a way of exposing cowards, Justice Lawal. Long after the political calculations of today are forgotten, long after the pressure and influences that might be weighing on you have faded, your decision today will remain on record.
Your children and grandchildren will ask: "What did you do when Nigerian democracy was being murdered? Did you stand with the people or with the fraudsters? Did you choose justice or expediency?"
There is no hiding from history, Justice Lawal. There is no escaping the judgment of future generations. Your legacy is being written today, and you hold the pen.
THE FINAL VERDICT
DECLARE ASUE IGHODALO THE RIGHTFUL WINNER OF THE EDO STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION.
Do it because the evidence demands it. Do it because justice requires it. Do it because Nigerian democracy depends on it. Do it because history will never forgive you if you don't.
The truth is staring you in the face, Justice Lawal. ASUE IGHODALO WON THIS ELECTION. The only question is whether you have the courage to acknowledge it.
Today, July 10th, 2025, is your moment of truth. Don't let it become your moment of eternal shame.
JUSTICE LAWAL, THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT. NIGERIA IS WATCHING. HISTORY IS WAITING. WHAT WILL YOU CHOOSE?
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