The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the refusal of the Supreme Court to revisit its earlier ruling on Zamfara State election, Igbere TV reports.
The party said the Court’s decision was good for democracy.
In a statement sent to Igbere TV, the PDP mocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) for asking the court to “review and reverse its lawful and well-founded judgment.”
Igbere TV reports that the Supreme Court had previously voided the participation of the APC and its candidates in Zamfara State in the last general elections.
The PDP says by the latest decision, “the Court has once again saved our nation from a huge constitutional crisis that could have devastated our constitutional democracy and corporate existence as a nation.”
The PDP described the demand by the APC to the Supreme Court as “blasphemous”, a “blackmail” as well as a “measured landmine” set by APC leaders in their desperation to ambush and destroy the integrity of the apex court.
“The motive of the APC leaders is to ultimately sequester the institution of the judiciary and foist a totalitarian order on our polity.
“It is also instructive to note that by asking the Supreme Court to embark on a journey to nowhere, the APC clearly sought to subvert our democratic system and surreptitiously force on Nigerians, a system that is completely alien to our constitutional democracy and outside the confines and dictates of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
“APC’s demand is a direct threat to our democracy, peace and stability of our nation and shows its unwillingness, as a party, to abide by the rule of law.
“It also exposes APC’s penchant for sowing crisis in our nation; a situation that should be condemned by all”, the statement read.
The PDP, therefore, urged Nigerians, institutions of democracy, as well as security agencies to be “cautious” of the APC “as it has shown that it is not committed to the unity and stability of our dear nation.”
