The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked a claim by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, that the ruling party was intimidating the judiciary from serving the duty of justice.
Atiku, in a statement issued by his media aide, Paul Ibe, on Saturday, July 22, 2023, also said the 2023 presidential election which brought President Bola Tinubu into power “is the worst in the annals of democratic politics in our country, even though it was promised to be the best ever.”
Reacting via a statement issued by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the ruling party said Tinubu won the 2023 presidential poll “convincingly”.
The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to a press statement by a media aide to Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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“The statement alleges that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its government are engaged in a plot to intimidate members of the judiciary towards unduly influencing the outcome of pending cases before the court. Atiku Abubakar and his minions offered no evidence to support their wild, hollow, and mischievous allegations.
“Quite frankly, there is nothing in Atiku Abubakar’s statement, that is worth a reaction from the APC. It is just arrant nonsense, totally lacking in substance and cogency.
“It’s only imaginable purpose is a childish attempt to float an alibi to deflect the shame of a highly probable defeat in court, having miserably failed to make out a credible case to justify his bogus claim that he won the last Presidential Election.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and our Party won the election convincingly. We have full faith and confidence in our courts to dispense electoral justice in accordance with our Constitution and all applicable laws.”
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