Supreme Court Verdict: Fabric Of Justice And Good Conscience Shredded – Labour Party Chairman 

…Says Party Top Leaders And Peter Obi Marked For Vilification To Suppress  Party, Suffocate Team

Adeyemi Adebanjo

THE National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Barrister Julius Abure has said that his party 

watched “as the sacred fabric of justice and good conscience was shredded today (yesterday) at the Supreme Court as it delivered its verdict in the case between our party and its presidential candidate and the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate”.  

Comrade Abure said his party is shocked and surprised that even the apex court will toe the line of an earlier judgment despite all the flaws associated with the judgement delivered by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice John Okoro yesterday upheld the decision of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which earlier equally upheld the declaration. of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the 25 February 2023 presidential poll. 

Meanwhile, Comrade Abure notes that having conclusively exercised their fundamental rights as gifted to them 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 trudge on and remain optimistic about what the future holds for the nation”. 

Comrade Abure however said his party weeps for Nogeria’s Institutions that cannot rise to the occasion and courageously defend democracy and the voices of the people.

“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 and that we may be sliding towards dictatorship. It is very clear that the executive has hijacked both the judiciary and the legislature. This is so unfortunate for our democracy, and it is even more so for the people of Nigeria.

“All that our forebearers 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. 

“People lost their lives in 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 today”. 

Meanwhile,  Conrade Abure has also alleged that the government may have marked some Labour Party’s key leaders, including himself and its presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi for vilification, in order to suppress the party, suffocate the team, and goal of a new Nigeria.

“The planned persecution, intimidation, suppression and harassment of our leaders using security agencies and all other government institutions will be definitely defended.

“We are therefore calling on all our members, and the Obidient family to be vigilant and brace up for the challenges ahead. The struggle for a New Nigeria will certainly be tortuous and hard.

“We are also calling on the international community to rise to the occasion to defend democracy in Nigeria. Your voices were loud and clear in condemnation of the outcome of the presidential election. As we approach the next stage of our democratic journey, we call on you to stand by the millions of Nigerians who are already pushed beyond their limits into unnecessary hardship and penury.

“Finally, we urge Nigerians not to lose hope in our Country. Though we are paying a huge price to achieve the Nigeria of our desire. We are hopeful that we will get to our destination someday because where there is a will, certainly, there will be a way. A new Nigeria is still possible.”

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