LP moans Supreme Court shreds ‘sacred fabric of good conscience’
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Labour Party (LP) National Chairman Julius Abure has accused the Supreme Court of having shredded “the fabric of justice and good conscience” by affirming the election of President Bola Tinubu in its judgment on Thursday.
The seven-person panel led by Justice John Okoro dismissed all the grounds of appeal filed by the LP and its presidential candidate Peter Obi for a lack of merit, just as the top court did those of Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
One of the grounds in Obi’s appeal was the disqualification of Vice President Kashim Shettima over alleged double nomination.
Okoro insisted the matter of double nomination cannot be relitigated after the Supreme Court had previously issued a judgment on it.
“This matter ought not to have come here. When the matter was pending at the trial court, this court delivered judgement on it. This appeal lacks merit and is hereby dismissed,” he ruled.
The Supreme Court also rejected the argument of Obi that Tinubu could not be President because he did not win at least 25 per cent of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.
Abure described the verdict as disappointing and said the LP has move on with hope for the future.
“The leadership of Labour Party watched as the sacred fabric of justice and good conscience was shredded today at the Supreme Court as it delivered its verdict in the case between our party, the presidential candidate and the APC presidential candidate,” he said in a statement issued in Abuja.”
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Shock and surprise
“We are indeed very shocked and surprised that even the apex court will toe the line of an earlier judgement in spite of all the flaws associated with the judgement delivered by the Presidential Election [Petition Court],” Abure added, per Daily Post.
“Having conclusively exercised our fundamental rights as gifted to us by the laws of the land, we have no other choice but to move on. We may be disappointed and dismayed by the outcome of the exercise, but we have chosen to trudge on and to remain optimistic of what the future holds for the nation.
“We weep for our institutions that cannot rise to the occasion and courageously defend democracy and the voices of our people.”
