APC blames PDP for commotion at Bauchi Tribunal

The Bauchi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the commotion that broke out at the venue of the governorship election petition tribunal in Bauchi during its last sitting on Tuesday.

Public Relations Officer of the APC, Adamu Jalla, in a statement, alleged that the culprits were hired by the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

The mild drama at the tribunal had led to the police firing teargas to disperse the crowd outside the premises of the tribunal.

The crowd had become restless when Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed left the tribunal after appearing as the first respondent in the case between him and former governor, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar.

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His supporters and those of the former governor hauled insults at each other, leading to fisticuffs which attracted the attention of the police and other security agents present at the Magistrate Court premises where the tribunal was sitting.

The APC accused the PDP of masterminding the incident by allegedly hiring miscreants to display the behaviour targeted at members of the tribunal in the presence of Governor Mohammed.

Jalla said, “APC, as a law abiding party that believes in the tenets of rule of law and discipline, wishes to condemn the unruly behaviour exhibited at the Tribunal premises by PDP thugs and their sponsors for a hatchet plan against the rule of law.

“The party also wishes to state unequivocally that as a disciplined and organised entity, it shall continue to operate within the ambit of the law and shall do everything possible within its power to maintain its status as a responsible and responsive entity detests violence”.

The party also supported the request of its counsel for the relocation of the Governorship Election Tribunal to “a more convenient and safer location anywhere within Nigeria for the safety of the Tribunal members for the dispensation of justice”.

It added that no amount of intimidation, threats and frustration by the PDP and the unpatriotic elements can twist the arms of the law for selfish interests.

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