2019 Elections: PDP intimidating Supreme Court Justices on matter of purported exclusion of Rivers State APC candidates
Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of blackmailing the Justices of the Supreme Court over Rivers State elections.
It said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, copy of which was sent to The DEFENDER on Monday that although it was not intending to join issues with the opposition party over its fictional and concocted allegations against the APC and its leaders regarding the elections that it was dismayed by what it read whereby the PDP made “nonsensical” statement against it and two senior serving ministers in the Federal cabinet.
The APC described all of those behaviours of the PDP as cheap attempt “to ambush the Supreme Court with their cock and bull conspiracies”, which, it said, should seen as nonsense.
The statement read: “We read with dismay the nonsensical statement by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the All Progressives Congress (APC) and two senior serving cabinet members – Minister of Transport, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN).
“While the APC has no intention to join issues with the PDP over its fictional and concocted allegations against the party and its leaders, we are however well aware of the PDP’s intent to hoodwink and deceive the public; and most importantly, intimidate and blackmail our eminent Supreme Court Justices into doing their bidding in respect of the matter of the purported exclusion of Rivers State APC candidates from the last elections, before the apex court.
“Again, for the purpose of clarity, it needs restating that the Supreme Court has not made any pronouncement on the purported exclusion of APC candidates from the just concluded Governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly elections in Rivers State.
“Hence, the cheap attempt by the PDP to ambush the Supreme Court with their cock and bull conspiracies should be seen for what it is, hogwash!
“We urge Nigerians to completely ignore the evil machinations of the PDP as contained in their ludicrous and false statement on the matter of the purported exclusion of Rivers APC candidates in the last elections before the Supreme Court. The PDP as a party has refused to come to terms with the fact that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration is a stickler to the rule of law.
“As always, we shall allow the law take its course in respect of the purported exclusion of our candidates in the elections in Rivers State and we advise the PDP to do the same, rather than overheat the polity with their illogical and false claims.”
