The All Progressives Congress (APC) Tactical team has commended the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court for ordering the transfer of all cases relating to Edo State APC, eligibility of its candidate and other issues relating to the forthcoming governorship election to Abuja.
The team, in a statement signed by Felix Osemwengie Isere, said the development was sequel to various petitions from parties who expressed their lack of confidence in the learned judges in the Benin division handling the matter and on the grounds of lack of security.
“Evidently, this development is not novel in Nigeria. In Ekiti, Rivers, Kogi and many other States there have been reasons for such decisions. Put into consideration are factors like proper monitoring of the cases of the cases and security of judge who are handling such sensitive matters,” Osemwengie Isere said.
They further stated that it was on record that the PDP for many months had been boasting that they would use the Court to subvert the will of the people.
The team added that the PDP knew their candidate was not popular and had no single chance of winning the election, hence the only alternative was to get the mandate through the back door, reenacting the Bayelsa State travesty.
“Luckily, the APC is wiser now and will never allow the PDP, a party of tax-collectors to steal our mandate through the Court.
“We wish to express our disappointment at the press Statement released by the State Publicity of the PDP on behalf of the party lamenting over this development and making fruitless attempt to blackmail the Judiciary. Abuja is not a one man city, it is a city for everybody and best place where cases like these should be held.
“The rejection of that decision and subsequent lamentation by the PDP shows they had a sinister intention which has been frustrated. This is both bizarre and absurd while at the same time hilarious.
“As a party that believes in fairness, democratic process of achieving our goals and respect for institutions like the judiciary, we sincerely commend the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court for transferring these cases to Abuja. The transfer will enable her to assign it to new judges and all the cases will have to start from the beginning. This will guarantee justice, fairness and safety,” Osemwengie Isere added.
The APC enjoined Edo people not to be distracted by the antics and shenanigans of the PDP but to remain focused and committed towards ensuring on September 19 “they use their PVCs to send PDP out of Osadebey avenue.”
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