APC Accuses PDP, Atiku of Fresh Plot to Malign Supreme Court Justices

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over
alleged sinister plot by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its
presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to malign Supreme Court
Justices using foreign media organisations ahead of the hearings of
the Supreme Court on the 2019 presidential election petition.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre
Issa-Onilu, while addressing a press conference in Abuja yesterday,
also alleged that PDP had made up its mind to pursue a destructive
agenda against Nigeria for the next four years.

According to him, “This is no longer opposition politics. It is
an unpatriotic agenda by people who do not mean well for their
country. It is important we continue to alert Nigerian to the
devious plan of the PDP.”

He noted that the judiciary is an important institution and its
integrity cannot be subjected to political machinations, stressing
that it is the responsibility of every truly patriotic Nigerian to
rise against the PDP to ensure they do not succeed in undermining
the corporate existence of the country.

But in a swift response, the National Publicity Secretary of
PDP, Kola Ologbodiyan, described the ruling party’s allegation as
‘’irresponsible’’, saying the party will formally respond to issues
today.

But the ruling party insisted that, “among the columnists that
have been contracted to make spurious and false publications
include an American lawyer who served in the Ronald Reagan
administration and writes articles in several notable foreign
newspapers.”

The party alleged that the said US lawyer had written several
articles, all critical of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration.

The party spokesman noted that the judgement of the 2019
Presidential Election Petition Tribunal dismissed in its entirety
the petition filed by the PDP and Atiku, while also expressing
confidence that the Supreme Court would further and finally affirm
Buhari’s election victory.

The ruling party also expressed confidence that the Judiciary,
particularly the Supreme Court would not succumb to the opposition
PDP’s subterfuge.

Issa-Onilu stressed the need to continue to resist the
unrelenting efforts being made by the PDP and their minions such as
the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), ‘few social media
worms spreading and promoting face and destructive news’ in their
attempt to truncate the country’s movement towards greatness.

“As part of the PDP and Atiku’s post-election delusions and
scheming, the so called Coalition of United Political Parties has
the devious mandate to intimidate and blackmail important state
institutions such as INEC, the judiciary, and security agencies, on
behalf of PDP,” Issa-Onilu stated.