APC Wouldn’t Have Lost Any Court Case If We Influence Judiciary – Presidency

  • Says attack on judges is mischievous,
  • Describes PDP’s allegation as a smear campaign.

The Presidency has reacted to a statement credited to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which it said dragged its name into maligning the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, over the court’s decision on the Osun gubernatorial election, alleging that it influences court judges in the country.

Recall that the appeal court overturned the judgement of the tribunal declaring Gboyega Oyetola the winner of the Osun Governorship poll.

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Reacting, Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity said: “If the presidency had any influence on election petition tribunals, APC candidates wouldn’t have lost a single case before the courts.”

It, therefore, warned PDP to refrain from dragging the Presidency into their current “sponsored media smear” campaign against the President of the Court of Appeal.

Speaking on the report the PDP claimed that an agency of the government, the Department of State Services (DSS) has indicted Bulkachuwa of corruption, Presidency said this is the latest of this sponsored campaign aimed at causing disaffection between the Executive and the Judiciary, the two arms of government that had operated smoothly under the present dispensation.

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“While the PDP and its candidates are free to exercise their right to challenge the results of the 2019 presidential election, it is unacceptable to drag the name of the President or other organs of the executive branch into the campaign of character assassination against the President of the Court of Appeal.

“The DSS doesn’t conduct its duties in the manner so described and you can’t use a fake security report to drag the presidency into a smear campaign against the President of the Court of Appeal.

“Attacking judges because the outcomes of cases don’t favour you and keeping quiet when the verdict is in your favour smacks of insincerity, double standard and mischief,” he added.

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