RIVERS: PDP says Monday’s verdict on Sen. Abe reinforces confidence in judiciary

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the Supreme Court’s verdict which struck out an appeal filed by Senator Magnus Abe, challenging the primary election conducted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State.

According to PDP, the court upheld justice by striking out the “ill-conceived and defective suit by elements of 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 party conveyed this in a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday.

Recall that Senator 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.

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However, 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.

In its reaction, the PDP described the suit as a mischievous attempt to reopen the issue of APC’s already nullified primaries in Rivers state.

The statement read: “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 has reinforced the confidence Nigerians repose in it to protect our hard-earned democracy.

“This defeated attempt at abuse of court process has further exposed the APC as a purveyor of false claims and a party that has no respect for the democratic process, the rule of law and the will of the people.

“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 counselled 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,” the party said.

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