Press Statement
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Saturday's judgement
of the Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal is the clearest
indication yet that the PDP has started harvesting what it sowed in its years
of impunity and recklessness, hence it should blame itself for whatever tragedy
has now befallen it...
*Hajia Aisha Jummai Alhassan
In a
statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by
its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the PDP
has always been a party of anything goes, hence it is a matter of time for the
party to come to grief, first by tumbling from the pinnacle of power and now by
losing, incrementally, whatever remains of its crumbled empire.
It said the PDP was only trifling by attributing the judgement to a supposed manipulation from the Presidency.
''President Muhammadu Buhari as well as his party, the APC, are strong believers in the rule of law, as against the rule of impunity, hence will never manipulate the judiciary for whatever reason.
''The PDP is clearly aware of this, but has chosen to blame everyone but itself for the fate that has befallen it. The PDP should have known that it will pay for its years of impunity and recklessness. For this party, the chicken has now come home to roost,'' APC said.
The party said if the PDP is not blaming the judiciary, its favourite whipping boy, it is blaming the APC, the Presidency or even Nigerians for its plight, warning it to stop shifting responsibility.
It said the PDP was only trifling by attributing the judgement to a supposed manipulation from the Presidency.
''President Muhammadu Buhari as well as his party, the APC, are strong believers in the rule of law, as against the rule of impunity, hence will never manipulate the judiciary for whatever reason.
''The PDP is clearly aware of this, but has chosen to blame everyone but itself for the fate that has befallen it. The PDP should have known that it will pay for its years of impunity and recklessness. For this party, the chicken has now come home to roost,'' APC said.
The party said if the PDP is not blaming the judiciary, its favourite whipping boy, it is blaming the APC, the Presidency or even Nigerians for its plight, warning it to stop shifting responsibility.
*Lai Mohammed
''PDP
should leave the judiciary, the Presidency and the APC alone and accept
responsibility for its actions. From the judgement of the Tribunal, it is clear
that the impunity of the PDP cost it the election. Not only did the party
breach Section 78 (b) (1) (2) of the Electoral Act concerning the organization
of party primaries, it was not even deemed to have participated in the April
11th 2015 governorship election in Taraba
State
''Apart from not complying with the Electoral Act, the election of the PDP candidate, Mr. Darius Ishaku, in the purported primaries in Abuja was done after the stipulated time for party primaries had elapsed, according to the Tribunal. It is thus clear that the election result in Taraba was not annulled for any other reason but the impunity and recklessness that permeated the life and times of the cadaverous PDP.
''It is noteworthy that this is not the first time the court is ruling against PDP's impunity of violating its own constitutional provisions and the Electoral Aact with regards to ensuring internal democracy in the conduct of primary elections.
''The first landmark judgment came from the Supreme Court when it ruled against PDP's impunity in 2007 and ordered that Rotimi Amaechi be installed as Governor of Rivers instead of Celestine Omehia who was illegally imposed. Secondly, the Supreme Court had also ruled against PDP in the case of Ifeanyi
Ararume when the party took his mandate as validly elected Governorship candidate and handed it over to another aspirant.
''It is instructive to note that these judgments took place while the PDP was in control of the Presidency. The opposition parties then never questioned the
integrity of the judiciary by making wild and weighty allegations as the PDP is doing now,'' it said.
The APC also said that the PDP should blame itself for its gross impunity with regards to the conduct of primary elections forTaraba State Abuja
''The impunity was not only in the case ofTaraba
State because the PDP also moved its
Governorship primaries for Borno and Adamawa
States to Abuja
of the Electoral Act. The irony was that whereas the PDP claimed the primaries where shifted to Abuja because the capitals of Taraba, Borno and Adamawa States where not safe for primary elections, the PDP held Presidential campaigns in the same capitals of the affected states (Jalingo, Taraba State, Maiduguri, Borno State and Yola, Adamawa State).
''Now that the PDP's chicken has come home to roost, the party must be courageous enough to accept full responsibility and stop seeing enemies everywhere. The PDP is its own enemy,'' the party said.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed
National Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Lagos
''Apart from not complying with the Electoral Act, the election of the PDP candidate, Mr. Darius Ishaku, in the purported primaries in Abuja was done after the stipulated time for party primaries had elapsed, according to the Tribunal. It is thus clear that the election result in Taraba was not annulled for any other reason but the impunity and recklessness that permeated the life and times of the cadaverous PDP.
''It is noteworthy that this is not the first time the court is ruling against PDP's impunity of violating its own constitutional provisions and the Electoral Aact with regards to ensuring internal democracy in the conduct of primary elections.
''The first landmark judgment came from the Supreme Court when it ruled against PDP's impunity in 2007 and ordered that Rotimi Amaechi be installed as Governor of Rivers instead of Celestine Omehia who was illegally imposed. Secondly, the Supreme Court had also ruled against PDP in the case of Ifeanyi
Ararume when the party took his mandate as validly elected Governorship candidate and handed it over to another aspirant.
''It is instructive to note that these judgments took place while the PDP was in control of the Presidency. The opposition parties then never questioned the
integrity of the judiciary by making wild and weighty allegations as the PDP is doing now,'' it said.
The APC also said that the PDP should blame itself for its gross impunity with regards to the conduct of primary elections for
''The impunity was not only in the case of
of the Electoral Act. The irony was that whereas the PDP claimed the primaries where shifted to Abuja because the capitals of Taraba, Borno and Adamawa States where not safe for primary elections, the PDP held Presidential campaigns in the same capitals of the affected states (Jalingo, Taraba State, Maiduguri, Borno State and Yola, Adamawa State).
''Now that the PDP's chicken has come home to roost, the party must be courageous enough to accept full responsibility and stop seeing enemies everywhere. The PDP is its own enemy,'' the party said.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed
National Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Nov. 8th 2015
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