The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday expressed worry over alleged plans to invalidate the outcome of the March 9 governorship election in Rivers State which was won by its candidate and incumbent governor, Nyesom Wike.
The national publicity secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, who raised the alarm at a press conference, alleged that pressure is being mounted on the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Mohammed, to reverse the February 12, 2019 final judgment of the Supreme Court which excluded the APC from participating in the National Assembly, Governorship and State Assembly Elections in Rivers State.
Ologbondiyan added that the target of the reversal was to cause for fresh elections to hold in Rivers State which will include the APC.
The PDP spokesman identified a minister from the state and another minister overseeing the judiciary as being behind the plot to reverse the Supreme Court judgment.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had removed APC from the ballot of all elections in Rivers, following the Apex Court judgment which upheld the verdict of the trial court that lawfully excluded the APC from polls.
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But Ologbondiyan yesterday said, “The PDP has been informed of how these desperate APC figures and their agents have been mounting pressure on the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Mohammed, to reverse the February 12, 2019 final judgment of the Supreme Court, which upheld the verdict of the trial court that lawfully excluded the APC from participating in the National Assembly, Governorship and State Assembly Elections in Rivers State, having nullified the party’s flawed primaries in the state.
He added that PDP has information of how the minister has been going around in Rivers State, “giving assurances that he has the ears of the Supreme Court under the leadership of Acting CJN, Justice Tanko Mohammed, and that the Supreme Court will reverse its final judgment on APC Primaries and create the way for fresh elections in Rivers State, in which the APC will be allowed to participate.
The party stated that the jubilation across the country that trailed its February 12 final judgment is a testament of justice and a reinforcement of the confidence Nigerians have in the Supreme Court, which must not be destroyed by the APC.
The PDP, however, urged the Acting CJN not to allow his office to be used by desperate power mongers in the APC to cause anarchy and perpetrate more violence in Rivers state.
“The people of Rivers state have experienced so much crisis, bloodletting, harassment and intimidations from the APC in its desperation to forcefully take over the state.
“The people have spoken loudly on their choice of PDP and all its candidates. They should be allowed to move ahead with their leaders and no institution of government should lend itself as an instrument in the hands of oppressive forces seeking to undermine our democracy and subjugate our citizenry,” the national spokesman of PDP added.
