The Labour Party (LP) has issued a warning, stating that if the Supreme Court does not reverse the Appeal Court’s decision to reject its candidate for governor of Enugu State, Chijioke Edeoga, four dire consequences will ensue.
The party maintained that the different decisions rendered by the Court of Appeal and election tribunals against its candidate for governor did not accurately represent the state’s electorate.
The party pointed out that neither the tribunal nor the appeals court took its evidence into account.
Speaking through a statement that Mallam Umar Farouk, the party’s national secretary, signed, LP outlined four outcomes in the event that the Appeal Court ruling is not overturned.
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The statement reads in part, “In Enugu state, we need to remind Nigerians and all lovers of democracy that the Labour Party won 2 of the three Senate seats, Seven of the Eight House of Representatives seats, and 14 majority of the 24 state House of Assembly seats but INEC and Judiciary are trying to give the governorship to another party.
“Our position is that if this stands at the Supreme Court, four major and dangerous things will happen: the will and desire of Enugu people as demonstrated in their voting pattern on March 8 will be undermined, forgery of the NYSC certificate and indeed other certificates will be legalized, NYSC as a credible national institution in the country will be destroyed and the military who oversees the NYSC as a paramilitary body will be dented.
“Our Appeal therefore is for the Apex Court to look judiciously at all the evidence and the law in the Enugu case and do Justice and nothing short of that.”
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