The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the court order stopping the collation of pending results of the Bauchi State Governorship election.
The party described the order as unconstitutional, and threatened to obtain similar one stopping the swearing-in of all Candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, “particularly President Muhammadu Buhari”.
Recall, that a Federal High Court in Abuja, had given an exparte order, directing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to halt the collation of results from Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The court gave the order while ruling on a suit filed by Mohammed Abubakar, the Governor of the State.
Reacting via a statement, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP National Spokesman, accused the APC of arm-twisting the Judiciary, over the election which he claims his party has won.
“Our party should not be constrained into a situation in which we will have no option than to allow our members to seek similar exparte orders to halt statutory processes, including the swearing-in of APC Candidates at various levels, particularly President Muhammadu Buhari”, Ologbondiyan said.
“The party alerts that such development, which is akin to the infamous order that derailed the 1993 democratic process, is part of the plot by the APC, and certain compromised elements in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to escalate crisis and derail our electoral process.
“The power to collate, suspend collation, and or to reverse such decision based on obvious circumstances as the case in Bauchi, is clearly within the domain of INEC.”
The party added that until collation is completed and results declared, “no one can question the constitutional powers of INEC.”
“It is clear that collation of result is part of the electoral process, and that INEC cannot act on a purported exparte order, to jettison its independence and halt the collation of results, which is a key component of its statutory electoral duty.
“Our party therefore, charges INEC to be properly guided by the law in this regard.”
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