Taraba election: PDP reacts to APC’s loss at the Supreme Court
– PDP recently received favourable judgements from Nigeria’s Supreme Court which upheld Taraba governor, Darius Ishaku’s election
– The PDP has commended the judiciary for showing it was indeed the last hope of the down trodden
– The party warned the APC against insulting the judiciary
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has hailed the verdict of the Supreme Court which upheld the election of Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku.
Supreme Court upheld Governor Darius Ishaku’s election
The party in a statement signed by Prince Uche Secondus, the acting national chairman, said the judiciary had shown that it remains the major hope for the survival of democracy in Nigeria and all hope is not yet lost for democracy.
The statement read: “Without such landmark judgments from the Supreme Court perhaps there would have been no Nigeria and we salute them for their courage in delivering justice to the people.
“We therefore warn APC and the federal Government to stop insulting judiciary as there is nowhere in the world that a ruling party go about hauling abuses on the judiciary.
“The ruling is a vivid reflection of the will of the people of Taraba State and goes a long way to show the strength of our party in the state.”
The party congratulated Ishaku on his victory, while calling on him to to remain resolute in delivering the dividends of democracy to the people in line with the manifesto of the PDP.
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Secondus called on the people of Taraba to keep supporting the PDP as it had become obvious the All Progressives Congress had nothing to offer Nigerians.
Yesterday, the apex court ruled in favour of Governor Ishaku, who belongs to the PDP. The appeal lodged by Senator Aisha Jumai Alhassan, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was unanimously dismissed by a seven-man panel of justices of the apex court.
The party has in the last two weeks received favourable judgements from Nigeria’s Supreme Court in various appeals challenging the election of its governors.
The apex court has upheld the elections of Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom, Dave Umahi of Ebonyi and Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state.
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