Emeka Ejere|
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday rejected the judgment of the presidential election tribunal which validated the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the February 23 presidential poll.
In a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the main opposition party described the judgement as provocative, barefaced subversion of justice and direct assault on the integrity of our Nigeria’s justice system.
The party, nevertheless, urged Nigerians to remain calm and not to lose hope or surrender to despondency or self-help, as its lawyers were confident the party’s mandate will be restored at the supreme court.
The statement read, “The PDP finds as bewildering that a court of law could validate a clear case of perjury and declaration of false information in a sworn affidavit, as firmly established against President Muhammadu Buhari, even in the face of incontrovertible evidence.”
“The party is also rudely shocked that the Tribunal took over the roles of the Respondents’ lawyers who clearly abandoned their pleadings by refusing to call evidence in defense of the petition.
“The court raked up all manner of excuses to make up for the yawning gaps occasioned by the total absence of any evidence from the Respondents.
“Nigerians and the international community watched in utter disbelief when the tribunal ruled that one need not provide a copy or certified true copy of educational certificate such individual claimed to possess, contrary to established proof of claims of certification.”
“The party notes as strange that the court even went ahead to provide rationalisation in favour of President Buhari even when all hard facts before it shows that he did not possess the claimed educational certificate and that the Army was not in possession of his WAEC certificate as claimed in the affidavit he deposed to in his Presidential nomination form.” the statement concluded.
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