The ruling All Progressives Congress has accepted all the decisions by the Supreme Court on Friday across seven states in respect of gubernatorial tussles with philosophical equanimity.
The party made this known in it’s reaction to the decisions, some favourable, others not favourable.
National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, Esq, in the statement noted that the party had always held the judiciary in very high esteem. The party knocked opposition parties, particularly the PDP, for vilifying the judiciary whenever court decisions go against them. It called on the PDP to tender “unreserved apology” to the judiciary for what it called “senseless, irresponsible, reckless and unjustified attacks” against the judiciary.
The full statement reads:
ON THE SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENTS ON LAGOS, KANO, ZAMFARA, PLATEAU, EBONYI, BAUCHI, ABIA, CROSS RIVER GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION PETITIONS
The All Progressives Congress (APC) welcomes, with equanimity, the Supreme Court decisions on election petitions challenging the outcome of 2023 governorship elections in eight states.
In Lagos, Ebonyi and Cross River States, the Supreme Court upheld the election of Governorship Candidates of our great Party. However, the appeals on Kano, Zamfara, Bauchi, Plateau and Abia states were decided in favour of other political parties and their candidates.
While the Apex Court’s decisions will undoubtedly elicit mixed reactions and reviews, the decisions are final and binding on all parties to the legal contests. The decisions today provide a strong affirmation of the authority, vibrancy and independence of the Judiciary.
APC has been consistent in its position that the Judiciary must be left alone to perform its important duty of resolving disputes, including electoral disputes as constitutionally mandated. The decisions today must serve as a rebuke to political opposition figures that vilified and denigrated our courts when judgments were handed against them in these same matters. Assuming that it has any spec of decency left, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must tender unreserved apology to the courts and our judges for the senseless, irresponsible, reckless and unjustified attacks it mounted against the Judiciary throughout this electoral cycle.
We congratulate the winners, particularly our Governors, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, and Bassey Otu of Cross River State, and wish them the very best as they continue to serve their states and country. We urge everyone to remain calm and continue to maintain the peace.
Signed:
Felix Morka, Esq.
National Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)
