In reaction to Atiku Abubakar’s appeal challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 2023 polls, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it expects the Supreme Court judges to uphold justice.
The party expressed optimism for the outcome of the appeal before the supreme court in a statement on Sunday, calling on the court to uphold the adage that the judiciary is the final resort for the average person.
Recall that the appeal filed by Atiku against Tinubu over the Presidential Election Petition Court’s verdict on the results of the 2023 election has been scheduled for hearing by the Supreme Court on Monday, October 23.
The PDP in the statement by its national publicity secretary, Debo Ologunagba said it believes the electoral process was manipulated for Tinubu to emerge as the winner but that the apex court would critically examine the provisions of the law, the body of evidence, circumstances and facts presented before it in the petition before it.
He added that the PDP hopes the Supreme Court would apply the laws, including the express provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the Electoral Act, 2022 and guidelines and regulations of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in delivering substantial justice in the matter.
The PDP statement reads: “As the Supreme Court commences hearing on the February 25, 2023 Presidential Election Appeal, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
@OfficialPDPNig is confident that guided by the provisions of the law, the body of evidence, circumstances and facts presented before it, the Apex Court will deliver justice in the matter.
“The PDP believes that the issues of the February 2023 Presidential election; the barefaced violation of rules and the laws, the brazen manipulations and falsifications in perversion of our electoral process have put our democracy in a precarious situation.
“Nigerians and indeed the whole world look forward to the Supreme Court for justice in the hope that the Court will apply the laws, including the express provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the Electoral Act, 2022 and @inecnigeria Guidelines and Regulations in delivering substantial justice in the matter.
“The earnest expectation of Nigerians and lovers of democracy across the world is that the Supreme Court will use this case to firmly validate the maxim that the Judiciary is the last hope of the common man.
“Nigerians are therefore optimistic in hoping that the Supreme Court will dispense substantial Justice according to law and fact in the Appeal.”
Ada Peter
