The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday raised alarm over threat by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to intimidate the Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC).
The party said that the threat contained in the written address by lawyers to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the APC to the PEPC is a pre-emptive move to intimidate the judiciary.
According to PDP, the statement by the lawyers in the said written address threatening crisis and anarchy in the country in the event of the Court ruling that their clients did not meet the constitutionally required 25% votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is subversive, an affront to Democratic Order and assault on the corporate existence of the nation.
The PDP, in a statement by its spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, said, it is alarming and disturbing that the APC externalized to the public their final written address, in which they also threatened national peace if the Court upholds the clear provisions of Section 134 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) with regard to the mandatory and statutory requirements for which a candidate in a Presidential election can be declared winner.
The threats, either through Counsel or officials of the APC, is calculated to intimidate and harass the Judiciary and indeed Nigerians.
The PDP however cautioned and emphasized that Nigeria is a country of Rule of Law, adding that the statutory requirements for a winner in a Presidential election as provided by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and the Electoral Act, 2022 are clear and unambiguous.
It said the APC must therefore respect the provisions of the law and allow the judiciary to discharge its duties independently, without threats, intimidation and coercion.
The PDP called on Nigerians to remain calm, at alert and hopeful in the ability of the Judiciary to dispense justice accordingly.
