Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s judgement which declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Aisha Alhasan governor-elect as a pyrrhic victory and judicial coup which cannot stand the test of time.
The party has therefore advised Alhassan, a minister-designate, to stick to her ministerial job instead of living in a fool’s paradise of becoming a governor through the back door.
In a statement by the State Publicity Secretary, Mr Jackson Adebayo, in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, the PDP said it was unfortunate that the judgement had resulted in avoidable unrest in Taraba State leading to the loss of lives and properties.
Adebayo noted that the judgment was a reminder of the Dark Age when brutal force was used to subjugate people and force leaders on them.
According to the PDP spokesman, although the judgment would eventually be thrown into the dust bin of history, the calamity it had brought on the people of Taraba State through needless shedding of blood would be indelible in people’s minds.
He noted that APC leadership had exposed themselves and judiciary to ridicule with the manners governorship election petitions were being treated, especially where the PDP won.
“We have been closely monitoring tribunal judgements in recent times and we are convinced that the APC leadership has become desperate and power drunk to the point that they have exposed the judiciary to ridicule and odium.
“The APC is hell bent on procuring judgment at all costs in states it was rejected at the poll. We, however, advise the judiciary to stay clear of the leaderships of the APC who are known to be good at buying judgments as far as this democracy is concerned in order not to reduce the third arm of government to the traducer of the people instead of being the hope of the masses,” he said.
