LP Disappointed With Supreme Court Judgement

By Georgina Humphrey

The Labour Party has expressed disappointment with the ruling of the Supreme Court on the appeal made by its presidential candidate, Peter Obi in the February election.

This is contained in a statement signed by the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure while reacting to the judgment in Abuja.

The statement expresses shock and surprise that even the apex Court toed the line of an earlier judgement in spite of all the flaws associated with the judgement delivered by the Presidential Election Appeal Tribunal.

“The leadership of Labour Party watched as the sacred fabric of justice and good conscience was shredded at the Supreme Court as it delivered its verdict in the case between our party’s presidential candidate and the APC presidential candidate” Abure explains.

“Having conclusively exercised our fundamental rights as gifted to us by the laws of the land, we have no other choice but to move on”.

“We may be disappointed and dismayed by the outcome of the exercise but we have chosen to move on and remain optimistic of what the future holds for the nation”.

According to the statement the party weeps for the Judicial institution that cannot rise to the occasion and courageously defend democracy and the voices of Nigerians.

“However, there are great lessons to be learnt. What transpired in Nigeria since the February 25 presidential election is a clear testament that our institutions are not working, that the executive has hijacked both the judiciary and the legislature. This is so unfortunate for our democracy and it is even more for the people of Nigeria”.

“All what our forbearers taught us has been destroyed within a short space of time because of the unbridled ambition of a few. The founding fathers fought with their lives to achieve independence for the country” he stresses.

“People lost their lives for the struggle to keep our democracy and all these years people have been struggling to achieve electoral and constitutional reforms. Regrettably, all of these efforts and struggles have been destroyed with the judgement” Abure adds.

The Apex Court dismissed Obi’s suit for lacking in merit and upheld the verdict of the tribunal that Bola Tinubu was validly elected president.

Edited By Grace Namiji