Following the Supreme Court’s ruling over the Imo state governorship election held on March 9, 2019, where Hope Uzodinma (APC) was declared winner against Emeka Ihedioha (PDP), the Peoples Democratic Party following a National Executive Council meeting held on Friday, January 17, has condemned the rulings of the Supreme Court and has sworn to ensure that justice is served.
The PDP national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus described the declaration of Hope Uzodinma, winner of the last gubernatorial election in the state by the Supreme Court, as a miscarriage of justice.
The party also explains that it fears that if things continue this way in Nigeria, it may stop being a nation very soon, further regretting that after handing over to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015, things have turned unbearably bad.
Speaking on the issue on Thursday, January 16, at a press conference at its secretariat in Abuja, the chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, Senator Walid Jubrin, said: “Our party governed very well from 1999 to 2015.
“As true democrats, we handed over power to the ruling party, hoping that it will deepen democracy, alas we have been disappointed.”
The statement partly reads:
“Having witnessed the destruction of democratic values, ethos, and principles; consistent breach of the 1999 constitution (as amended), the 87th NEC of the People Democratic Party, PDP decides as follows:
“Assures Nigerians that PDP will protect and defend democracy and its institutions in our country.
“PDP rejects the destructions of our democratic institution and values especially the independence of the legislature, the politicization of the judiciary and the compromising of our security and electoral institutions.
“We note with pains, the gross abuse of the rule of law, the muzzling of the civil society and advocates of free speech as well as ordinary Nigerians.
“PDP totally condemns the utter desecration of judicial tenets and values, climaxing in the national embarrassment of the Supreme Court’s manufacturing of votes and donating the same to the APC and its candidate, Hope Uzodimma, thereby robbing the people of Imo state, of the mandate freely given to Hon. Emeka Ihedioha as their governor.
“PDP observes that this calculated injustice perpetrated by the Supreme Court has proven that the judiciary under Justice Tanko Mohammed is no longer the last hope of the common man but rather the LOST HOPE of the common man in Nigeria.
“The Supreme Court by its judicial summersault has eroded the faith and confidence which Nigerians have in participatory election thereby showcasing that there will be no need for elections in the future.
“PDP stands with the people of Imo State and Hon. Emeka Ihedioha in all steps being taken to reverse this injustice and reclaim the governorship mandate stolen through the Supreme Court.
“PDP assures Nigerians that, our party, through all available constitutional and legitimate means, including civil disobedience, will insist that this government must respect the rule of law and desist from influencing the judiciary, INEC and security agencies.
“PDP will not allow the judiciary, security agencies and other institutions of governance to become departments of the APC.”
Nwada Ugochinyere Onyechere reporting, Obinwannem News
