The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to pressure the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, into reversing its judgment affirming the election of Col. Austin Akobundu, as the validly elected Senator representing Abia Central.
He said, “It is no longer news that the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, the Final Court in National Assembly Election Petition cases, in its judgement delivered on Saturday 4th November, 2023, on Petition No. EPT/AB/SEN/02/2023, voided the return of Darlington Nwokocha of the Labour Party as the winner of the Abia Central Senatorial District election by INEC and declared Col. Austin Akobundu of the PDP as the authentic winner of the election.
“We have also been made aware of pressure on the President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio to undermine the judgement of the Court and stand down the swearing-in of Senator-elect Austin Akobundu. “There are also allegations that large sums of money have been paid to emissaries in an attempt to blackmail, coerce and mount pressure on the Lord Justices to reverse the Judgment even when it is clear by our laws that the judgment is final and that the Court of Appeal has become Functus Officio in the matter.
“For the avoidance of doubt, by Section 246 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 , the decisions of the Court of Appeal in respect of States and National Assembly election matter shall be final. “The Supreme Court had since held in the case of Mohammed Buba Marwa Vs Admiral Murtala Nyako Sc/141/2011 delivered in January 2012 that the time fixed by the Constitution is like the Rock of Gibraltar or Mount Zion which cannot be moved; that it cannot be expanded or elongated or anyway enlarged.
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