By Ishaya Ibrahim
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday hailed the Supreme Court for refusing to succumb to what it called “the pressure by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to review and reverse its lawful and well-founded judgment, voiding the participation of the APC and its candidates in Zamfara State in the last general elections.”
The opposition party said by so doing, the country’s apex court “once again saved our nation from a huge constitutional crisis that could have devastated our constitutional democracy and corporate existence as a nation.”
The PDP said APC’s demand on the Supreme Court was not only “blasphemous,” but also “a blackmail as well as a measured landmine set by APC leaders in their desperation to ambush and destroy the integrity of the apex court.”
A statement by the national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said: “The motive of the APC leaders is to ultimately sequester the institution of the judiciary and foist a totalitarian order on our polity.
“It is also instructive to note that by asking the Supreme Court to
embark on a journey to nowhere, the APC clearly sought to subvert our
democratic system and surreptitiously force on Nigerians, a system that
is completely alien to our constitutional democracy and outside the
confines and dictates of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
“APC’s demand is a direct threat to our democracy, peace and stability of
our nation and shows its unwillingness, as a party, to abide by the rule
of law.
“It also exposes APC’s penchant for sowing crisis in our nation; a
situation that should be condemned by all.”
The PDP, therefore, urged all Nigerians and the country’s institutions
of democracy, as well as security agencies to be wary of the APC
“as it has shown that it is not committed to the unity and stability of
our dear nation.”
