In the wake of reaction that greeted the Supreme court judgment on Imo State, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has described as reckless and dangerous the statement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling of the Apex Court.
Oshiomhole's reaction followed a press briefing by members of the PDP challenging the Justice Tanko-led Supreme Court panel that heard the governorship appeal on Imo to rescue itself from the pending cases on Bauchi, Sokoto, Benue and Adamawa states.
Addressing journalists yesterday at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, Oshiomhole accused the PDP of attempting to blackmail the Justices of the Supreme Court. He said the PDP which was a beneficiary of electoral fraud tried to deepen the culture of do-or-die politics, stressing that the former ruling party lacked the credentials to disparage the judiciary because of their antecedents.
The party national chairman stressed that democracy had worked and the rule of law had prevailed when the PDP won in courts, while there should be no judiciary again if the APC won her cases in courts. Oshiomhole said the APC still has reservations over the rulings in Rivers and Zamfara that denied the party opportunities to produce governors and the loss of senatorial seats in Ekiti and Sokoto States.
The opposition ruling party leader further said the PDP laid the foundation for votes rigging in the polity. He noted that President MuhammaduBuhari led administration would do all within its powers to ensure electoral reform before the end of his tenure. While reacting to the comment of former Vice President AtikuAbubakar, the APC national chairman said he was the least competent person to speak because he had allegedly manipulated all institutions in the past, including the judiciary.
