All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that today’s judgement of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that overturned the election of Governor Nyesom Wike of the PDP is a reminder to Nyeson Wike that electoral hooliganism is over in Nigeria.
In a statement in Lagos by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, stressed that the judgment is a “deadly body blow to impunity and hooliganism.”
It stressed that what the judgement showed clearly that the era of impunity and is that the only way for elections to have legitimacy is for them to be free, fair and credible.
”What has come across from this judgement is that there is no shortcut to free, fair and credible elections. This is part of the wind of change that is blowing across the land and touching all arms of government under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
”Elections are about the expression of the will of the people, and they must always be free to express themselves, irrespective of what some desperate politicians may feel.”
APC said that politicians, especially those seeking or occupying elective offices, must realize that they can only derive their legitimacy from the people, and that unless they respect the wishes of the people, they will not go far.
The party hailed its governorship candidate in Rivers state, Dakuku Peterside, for his doggedness and strong conviction in the pursuit of his petition against the election of Wike.
It urged all APC members and supporters in the state to remain peaceful, even in the face of provocation by those who are now realizing, to their chagrin, that there is always a limit to everything, including impunity and hooliganism. [myad]
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