The Rivers State Chapter of All
Progressives Congress, APC, says its attention has been drawn to the ruling
made today in respect of TAI rerun elections and wished to state that at no
time did Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court sitting Port Harcourt
nullify and/or ordered for a fresh rerun election in Tai.
The APC in a statement signed by its
Spokesman, Senibo Chris Finebone said, Justice Liman’s “order for the
conclusion of the Tai rerun is merely in tandem with the position already
announced by INEC that the Commission will conduct elections in some wards and
units in Tai come Saturday, December 10.”
Continuing, the party said, “It
baffles the mind when members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, deliberately
dispense blatant falsehood especially to the gullible on social media to the
effect that the High Court judge ordered a fresh rerun election in Tai. The
reference to a specific directive by the Justice for INEC to declare results
based on the results filed from the field on December 10 as being bandied is as
shady as it is spurious.”
“We believe that Justice Liman knows
the limit of the powers of his court with regard to the Constitution and the
Law and would not have attempted to overreach himself in his ruling. For the
avoidance of doubt, Section 133 of the Electoral Act 2010 as Amended recognises
only an election tribunal and not the federal high court as having the power to
affirm or nullify an election result declared by INEC.”
The APC believed that the judgement
did not differ in any way with the position already taken by INEC to conduct
rerun elections in the few outstanding units and wards in Tai.
“It is too bad but not surprising
that members of the PDP prefer to always live in denial by deceiving
themselves” the statement concluded.
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