Labour Party (LP) via a press release has urged “all lovers of democracy to remain focused because a new Nigeria is possible”.
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| 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and Emblem of the Labour Party (LP). Photo: @NgLabour |
This is coming following the failure of “the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani” to serve justice on Wednesday 6 September, 2023 at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, Nigeria as they delivered their final judgment.
The Party expressed disgust at the “dismissal of petitions” by the judges of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) on judgment day.
The ‘Papa, Mama and Pikin’ Party added, the 2023 Presidential Election which was conducted on Saturday 25 February, 2023 was “electoral robbery” as the exercise was “globally condemned”, despite all that, the “Tribunal in its wisdom refused to accept the obvious”.
“Democracy is at stake”, however, “we will not relent until the people will prevail”, LP said in a press release signed by Obiora Ifoh, National Publicity Secretary of the Party on Wednesday 6 September, 2023.
The Press Statement:
PRESS RELEASE FROM LABOUR PARTY :
LABOUR PARTY REJECTS THE PEPC JUDGEMENT
The Labour Party watched with dismay and trepidation the dismissal of petitions by the five-man panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court
led by Justice Haruna Tsammani today and we reject the outcome of the judgment in its entirety because justice was not served and it did not reflect the law and the desire of the people.
Nigerians were witnesses to the electoral robbery that took place on February 25, 2023, which was globally condemned but the Tribunal in its wisdom refused to accept the obvious.
What is at stake is democracy and we will not relent until the people will prevail.
We salute the doggedness of our team of lawyers who fearlessly exposed the wrath in our system. We can only weep for democracy in Nigeria but we refuse to give up on Nigeria.
Details of the party’s position will be presented after consultation with our lawyers after the Certified True Copy of the judgement is made available to us.
We urge all lovers of democracy to remain focused and hopeful because a new Nigeria is possible.
SIGN
Obiora Ifoh
National Publicity Secretary
Labour Party
06-09-2023
