BUHARI VS ATIKU: S’West PDP says ruling ‘a miscarriage of justice’

The dismissal of the case instituted by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over the conduct of the last presidential election has been kicked against by the South West zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

While expressing its disappointment over the ruling of the Presidential election tribunal, the PDP described the verdict as a ‘miscarriage of justice’.

The party while reacting to the ruling via a statement on Thursday, promised to back Atiku to challenge the outcome of the tribunal at the apex court.

The National Vice Chairman for the zone, Dr. Eddy Olafeso, who read the statement after the party’s zonal meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, said justice was not done, in view of the plethora of evidences laid before the tribunal.

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“We take serious view of the verdict of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal verdict on the petitions of our Party and candidate, His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar therefore, put on record our disappointment that justice was not done, in view of the plethora of evidences laid before it, and resolves to support the party to appeal against same at the Supreme Court.

“Due attention is accorded to the verdicts of both the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on the Osun State Governorship election, particularly its resolve to subject the electoral desires and expression of the people of that State to the technicality of a judge missing just a day’s sitting at the Tribunal level.

“While we continue to accord due respect to the judiciary, it is essential that its rulings and verdicts command the respect and confidence of the citizenry in the interest of the nation.

“That the party must review the conduct of off-season elections in the South West, with a view to developing a response system that will forestall, arrest and vanquish all APC inspired rigging plans in future elections beginning with the very next gubernatorial elections in Ondo State.

“The party takes serious notice of the students demonstration at Federal University of Science, Oye Ekiti and the resultant killing of at least two students by the Police. We declare that it is callous and criminal of the police to use live ammunitions on unarmed student demonstrators, therefore demand that the those irresponsible officers who killed them must be fished out for trial.”

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