Imo Review: Why APC Is Panicking – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of blackmailing the Supreme Court and seeking to distract Nigerians from what the opposition party described as the contradictions in the judgment that returned Chief Hope Uzodinma as governor of Imo State.

The party in a statement on Saturday alleged that the APC and its national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole were mortified about the consequences that have followed the petition of Emeka Ihedioha to the Supreme Court for review.

The party in the statement issued by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondinyan said:

“While the PDP notes that it is a waste of time to join issues with Adams Oshiomhole in his blackmail and misinformation, our party affirms that our demand remains incontestible as the Supreme Court itself had in the past  reversed its judgment after realizing defects and subversion of justice in its judgment. The case of Johnson vs Lawanson (1971) 7 NSCC 82 is a clear precedence.

“We in the PDP believe in the finality of the judgment of the Supreme Court. But we also believe that the Honorable Justices  of the Supreme Court possess inherent right and powers to right every wrong that may be discovered in its judgment arising, as it were, from human errors such as happened in the Imo State judgment.

“A judicial review on Imo governorship election is inevitable because by these earlier judgments of the Supreme Court, not only is Hope Uzodimma not a candidate, the judgments also nullified all votes credited to APC and AA as they no longer have candidates in the election.

“The PDP is aware that the APC is mortally afraid of the review as they know that duty beckons on the Supreme court to hand justice in the matter and give victory to the rightful winner.

“This is why the APC has resorted to blackmailing the judiciary and seeking ways to divert public attention from the issue at stake.

The PDP therefore urges the Supreme Court to be courageous in conducting the review as a duty it owes to redeem the image of the judiciary as well as save our nation from impeding political and constitutional crisis.

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