The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West has described the arm-twisting tactics employed by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to subvert the course of justice in the ongoing Ikoyi\/Obalende Local Council Development Area chairmanship election Appeal case as shameful and a further demonstration of the party and Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola’s hatred for democracy and rule of law.<\/p>\n
The party said the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mariam Muktar and other well-meaning Nigerians must as a matter of urgency intervene in the matter to prevent Governor Fashola and his ACN from subverting the will of the people by blackmailing the judiciary into abandoning the case.<\/p>\n
Zonal Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Kayode Babade, in a release issued today said “it is shameful that Governor Fashola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria will allow the kind of fraud perpetrated during the October 22, 2011 Local Government election and also go further to engage in shameless arm-twisting of the Appeal Panel into abandoning the case.”<\/p>\n
“It should be recalled that our party candidate in the October 22, 2011 council polls, Hon. Ibrahim Babajide Obanikoro was declared the lawful winner of the Ikoyi\/Obalende Local Council Development Area chairmanship by the election tribunal panel led by Hon. Justice Dolapo Akinsanya on October 4, 2012.<\/p>\n
“That decision was appealed by ACN and its candidate Mr. Wale Adeniji.<\/p>\n
“Few days ago, the Election Appeal Panel adjourned to November 15, 2012 for adoption of addresses by all parties to the case.<\/p>\n
“However, we were surprised to learn that the court announced an adjournment of the case indefinitely without any reason.<\/p>\n
“This is an indirect way of ‘arresting’ the Appeal Tribunal judgment or stall the proceedings so as to allow the ACN candidate, Wale Adeniji to continue to enjoy a mandate that does not belong to him.<\/p>\n
“One then wonder what would have happened to elections in the country and petitions arising from them if ACN were to be the party in control of the Federal Government.<\/p>\n
“It is even more worrisome that Governor Fashola, a senior lawyer is the one at the helms of affairs in Lagos State where rule of law is being sent to the dogs.<\/p>\n
“Well-meaning Nigerians must therefore save Lagos State from the political rascals in the ACN before they turn the state into a place where rule of law is meant for the marines.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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