The dismissal of Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang by the Court of Appeal in Abuja has prompted a response from the Labour Party (LP).
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was directed by a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, presided over by Justice Elphreda Williams-Dawodu, to withdraw the certificate of return granted to Mutfwang and provide a new one to APC candidate Nentawe Goshwe, who the court recognised as the legitimate victor of the March 18 governorship election.
In the span of three days, Mutfwang became the third opposition governor to be dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
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Chief spokeswoman for the LP Campaign Organisation Yunusa Tanko came to the conclusion that the rulings may have been prompted by some “vicious” individuals in the executive branch of government who were using the court as a tool to seize the states in response to the removal of the three opposition governors.
Speaking to Newsmen, he emphasised that other parties would be eliminated from the political landscape entirely if the ruling party is not challenged.
He said, “As I said earlier, these particular set of people in power are vicious politicians. I repeat the word vicious again for emphasis.
“Gradually, we are beginning to witness completely captured states where all the institutions have already been bought, intimidated or blackmailed to do the bidding of the present political party and the government in power.
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“There is no hanky-panky about it. They are clear on what they want to do and they are putting our democracy in power.
“It is now left for us to really challenge these particular people otherwise they are going to take us completely to the cleaners. And they don’t care how, when, and where they do it as long as it favours them. This is the danger.
“Now the electorates are being discouraged from going out to vote for candidates of their choice knowing that the mandate can be snatched. They are already in control of the state apparatus.
“We had a similar situation at a point when the PDP was in power. These particular people in power will be referencing how virtually everybody was joining the PDP (during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration) then.
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“There was no clear ideology and that was what gave birth to the APC conglomerate. But in this case, it is a different matter entirely. These people in power are just too vicious.”
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