The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed Monday’s verdict of the Supreme Court which upheld justice by striking out the ill-conceived and defective suit by elements of All Progressives Congress (APC) who sought to ambush the judiciary and secure an annulment of the Governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly elections in Rivers state, in which the APC did not participate.
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan who made this known in a statement in Abuja today said that the decision of the Supreme Court in striking out APC’s mischievous attempts to reopen the issue of its already nullified primaries in Rivers state had reinforced the confidence Nigerians reposed in it to protect the nation’s hard-earned democracy.
Ologbondiyan noted that this defeated attempt at abuse of court process had further exposed the APC as a purveyor of false claims and a party that had no respect for democratic process, the rule of law and the will of the people.
In his words,” The APC has been deploying all manners of shenanigans to subvert the will of the people of Rivers state for which they are willing to cause a constitutional crisis in Rivers state, not minding the consequences.
“The PDP counsels the APC and its leaders to accept the will of the people of Rivers state and end their desperation to take over control of the state.
“The APC leaders should also stop their boasting as if they own the Supreme Court, as well as their threats to judges, that anybody who fails to do their bidding will be given what they now call the “Onnoghen” treatment.
“Furthermore, the PDP charges the APC and its leaders to note that they cannot continue to suppress Nigerians, as the Presidential mandate, which they stole from the people’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will soon be retrieved at the tribunal”.
It will be recalled that The Supreme Court on Monday in Abuja struck out an appeal filed by Senator Magnus Abe of the APC, challenging the primary election conducted by the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State.
Abe had prayed the court to make a pronouncement on the direct and indirect primary elections conducted by the APC for the nomination of its candidates for the 2019 general elections.
The apex court struck out the appeal on the grounds that the notice of appeal filed by the Senator was defective and not in compliance with the order of the court.
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