Abia Election Petition Tribunal: PDP Rejects Verdict, Vows To “Correct The Wrongs”
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State has rejected the verdict of the Abia State Election Petition Tribunal which affirmed INEC’s declaration of Mr Alex Otti as the winner of the March 18 2023 governorship election in Abia State.
The PDP in a statement by the state’s vice chairman and acting publicity secretary, Abraham Amah, accused Alex Otti and his Labour Party of carrying on “with all manner of subterfuge to subvert the judicial process and a few days ago, Otti and his men have been around town bragging that the petitions of the PDP and the other Party that challenged Alex Otti’s declaration as winner of the 2023 Abia governorship election would be thrown into the trash bin.”
The full statement reads:
The Abia PDP listened to the judgement delivered by the 3-man Abia State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which upheld the victory of Alex Otti as the governor of Abia State following the March 18, 2023 governorship election and rejected it in totality.
We are not surprised at the judgment because all along, Alex Otti and the Labour Party carried on with all manner of subterfuge to subvert the judicial process and a few days ago, Otti and his men have been around town bragging that the petitions of the PDP and the other Party that challenged Alex Otti’s declaration as winner of the 2023 Abia governorship election would be thrown into the trash bin.
Such braggadocio was subjudice and speaks to many infractions on Nigerian law and the judicial process including the fact that Alex Otti and his men already knew the outcome of the judgement, days ahead of today. It is our firm belief that the justices erred in their judgement.
Having rejected the judgement, the Abia PDP has conferred with our team of excellent lawyers and based on our understanding that the learned justices erred, we are appealing the judgement as a means to correct the wrongs by the election tribunal.
As a responsible and law-abiding corporate citizen, the Abia PDP wishes to restate our democratic credentials anchored on the principles of rule of law, justice, law, and order and also reaffirm our firm belief in the judiciary as one of the strongest pillars of democracy.
We thank our members, teeming supporters, and all democracy lovers who stood with us all the way; before, during, and after the elections as we embarked on a journey meant to strengthen our democracy and right the wrongs inflicted on the electoral process by desperate politicians who are bent on having power at all cost.
We call on our members and the good people of Abia State to remain calm, and law-abiding, and have faith in the ability of the current PDP leadership to do the right things going forward.
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