James Moses, (Jos) 9NewsNigeria
The Plateau state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the action of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against judges of the Election Petition Tribunal as a threat to democracy.
The APC also called in security agencies to swiftly intervene to prevent violence in the State.
The party, in a press conference, held on Friday by its Publicity secretary, Sylvanus Namang, said their attention was drawn to some reckless press statements by the Plateau state chapter of the PDP and obviously state- sponsored protest were aimed at distracting and diverting attention by whipping up ill-motivated sentiments against Judges of the Election Petitions Tribunal in the state.
“That these are coming in the wake of the fair, firm and just pronouncements of the first Tribunal, which declared some APC and LP National Assembly candidate victorious, smacks of sheer mischief and blackmail”, the APC said.
“Nothing can be more divisive than its (PDP), recent allegation that these respected and peace-loving leaders of our great party are interfering with the activities of the high-heeled Tribunals even when opposite is the case. This amounts to crying wolf where there is none! “However, it is important to state that before the Justice B.M. Timur led Tribunal meticulous, fair and just pronouncements, there were previous judgments by the Second Tribunal presided over by Justice Rotimi Williams who ruled against the APC and Labour Party in spite of overwhelming evidence and established position of the law,” it said.
The APC said as respecter of Court orders and Judicial decisions, though dissatisfied with the judgements, yet accepted them in good faith without raising any dust against anyone.
