APC criticizes PDP, Atiku for their attacks on judiciary

Following a string of unfavorable court rulings following the general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in 2023, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have come under fire from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for what it called unjustified attacks on the Nigerian judiciary.

The APC claimed that Atiku and the PDP were “being haunted by the ghost of their inglorious past” in response to remarks attributed to them over recent rulings that overturned some of the electoral triumphs reported by opposition parties.

The APC mocked the opposition for what it claimed were unfounded claims that the judiciary was under pressure from a make-believe committee established to ensure judicial outcomes in favor of the ruling party, in a statement released on Tuesday in Abuja by Felix Morka, the party’s national publicity secretary.

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Morka declared, “The PDP have escalated their disrespectful and reckless assault on our legal system to a completely new and unacceptable level.”
The progressive party we represent is fully committed to upholding the long-standing, essential constitutional principles of the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary.The PDP is devoid of these principles, and regrettably, they are unable to see a ruling party that operates in a manner that is dissimilar to its corrupt, vicious, and lawless past self.

“The PDP’s enduring dishonour and betrayal of the rule of law and constitutional democracy should not be associated with the APC, as the PDP is not it.”