The Labour Party (LP), chaired by Lamidi Apapa, has defended the Supreme Court’s decision to withhold the Certified True Copy (CTC) ruling regarding Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate for 2023.
Remember that on October 26, the Supreme Court rejected Obi and Atiku Abubakar’s (PDP) appeals contesting President Bola Tinubu’s win in the 2023 election on the grounds that they were without substance.
The Labour Party and Obi have expressed concern about the court’s actions after the top court did not reveal the CTC of its judgement in Obi’s case, despite the court having done so about a month after it rendered its decision in Atiku’s case.
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However, the faction claimed in a statement released on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, that certain individuals are making every effort to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the judges of the supreme court.
According to Arabambi, the Supreme Court declined to provide the CTC with the decision on Obi’s petition since the PDP’s lawsuit will take precedence over the LP’s appeal decision.
He claimed that the cases’ facts and arguments were identical and that it would be pointless for the supreme court to write two separate rulings on the same set of facts and issues.
The statement reads: “For the benefit of the general public, the Apapa-led National Working Committee of our great Party wishes to set the records straight as these political hawks are trying their best to impugn the credibility of the justices of the Supreme Court
“The Supreme Court held that the judgment in the appeal filed by the Labour Party will abide by the judgment delivered in the PDP case.
“The reason for this is very simple. The Supreme Court, having carefully considered all the issues raised by both parties in the two appeals, saw that they were the same.
“The facts were the same and the arguments were even substantially the same. It will serve no utilitarian value for the court to write two judgments on facts and issues that are entirely the same.
“The Supreme Court does not have to conduct special proceedings first to be able to do that. It’s a matter of procedure and having held that the Obi’s appeal will abide by the decision of Atiku’s case, this implies that the judgment delivered in Atiku also qualifies as Obi’s judgment.
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“There is no need in law for the court to prepare a different judgment for Obi or the Labour Party. It will be cosmetic surplusage for the court to prepare a different judgment for LP or Obi.
“Please, Peter Obi and his followers should please be guided.”
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