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National
Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Oyegun, has called for
the investigation of Supreme Court judges.
Oyegun
made the call against the backdrop of his party’s loss of Rivers State
governorship seat to the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP.
It will
be recalled that the supreme court last week affirmed the election of the state
governor, Nyesom Wike, and dismissed the prayers of the APC governorship
candidate, Dakuku Peterside who prayed for cancellation of judgment of the
state election petition tribunal.
But
speaking in a meeting with a delegation of the party from the state, led by
Peterside, Oyegun, who expressed shock over the ruling of the supreme court,
said there was “something fundamentally wrong in the judiciary.”
On the
demand of meeting with President Mohammadu Buhari which was canvassed by the
delegation, Oyegun promised to schedule a meeting between the President
and members of Rivers APC to address the state of the party in the state.
Oyegun
said: “The APC National leadership has not neglected party leaders and
supporters in Rivers State. The state has always been in the front burner of
discussion and decision in the party. There is obviously something
fundamentally wrong in Rivers State which needs to be investigated and
addressed.
“Your
visit has had a sober effect on me. This meeting will kickstart urgent actions
to address what went wrong. As of today, there is an attempt being made by INEC
to bar us from elections in Anambra and other states. We must address these
issues. I still find the judgement on the Rivers State governorship
election totally astonishing. There is something fundamentally wrong in the
judiciary.
“We have
lost very important resource-rich states to the PDP. No matter how crude oil
prices have fallen, it is still the most important revenue earner for the
country.
“I will
take up your request to facilitate a meeting with the President. We will do
that as soon as possible and also make it clear that there are problems which
as a party, we must address.”
Speaking
earlier on behalf of the delegation, Peterside said since they lost the case,
the feeling of the people in the state was that of orphan.
He stated
that the only consolation they had was the ministerial appointment given to
their leader and former governor of the state, Chibuike Ameachi.
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