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S’ Court Judgment: Plateau APC calls for calm, urges citizens
not to give-in to misinterpretation by overzealous elements.
By Dickson Gupiya
September 26, 2019
The ruling All Progressive
Congress (APC), Plateau state chapter has called on the citizens of the state
to guide against misinterpretation of a Supreme Court Judgment on the evidence
of a witness during hearing in a petition filed by General Jeremiah Useni and
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Governorship Election Petition
Tribunal sitting in Jos. The PDP Legal Team had challenged the judgment of the
Court of Appeal Jos which had overruled the decision of the lower Tribunal allowing
Petitioners witness who was not listed in the Petition to testify during the
trial and the Supreme Court granted the prayers of the Legal Team for PDP on
Thursday.
However, the APC in the
state observed that there was a deliberate misinterpretation of the judgment by
overzealous elements aimed at misleading the people of the state in general and
its supporters in particular. A statement signed by the Secretary of the Party
in the state, Bashir Musa Sati Esq, stated that the judgment does not mean
victory to the PDP or its candidate as being speculated stressing that it only
means the statement of that PDP witness will be considered and the APC lawyers
be allowed to cross examine him on his testimony to test its veracity. The
statement read in parts:
“The
attention of APC in Plateau State has been drawn to a deliberate
misinterpretation of the recent Supreme Court judgement allowing the State
Gubernatorial Election Tribunal to make use of the evidence of the PDP and itscandidate in the last election despite the fact that the
witness was not listed among those to testify as required by law.
This
does not mean any victory to PDP or it's candidate at the Tribunal as some
overzealous elements bent on misleading their supporters are speculating. It
only means the statement of that PDP witness will be considered and our lawyers
be allowed to cross examine him on his testimony to test its veracity. So there
is no course for any concern.
“With
this we call on our teaming supporters and good people of Plateau State to
remain calm and law abiding as their mandate is still intact and nothing will
temper with it by the Grace of God.
We
remain confident of victory at the Tribunal which will serve as added tonic for
the APC and Lalong administration to continue the good work we have been doing
in putting our dear state back on the map of first generation states in the
country”.
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