BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – Ahead of the hearings of the Supreme Court on the 2019 presidential election petition, the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday declared that it is confident that the Supreme Court will further and finally affirm President Muhammadu Buhari’s election victory.
This is as the ruling Party alerted Nigerians on an alleged “new and sinister plot” by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to malign the Supreme Court Justices using foreign media organisations.
The APC which stated these at a press conference addressed by its National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said that among the columnists that have been contracted to make spurious and false publications include Bruce Fein, an American lawyer, who served in the Ronald Reagan administration and writes articles in several notable foreign newspapers.
Issa-Onilu alleged that Bruce Fein has been paid to publish an “op-ed” on Nigerian Judiciary and the Supreme Court, adding that since 2015, Bruce Fein has written several articles, all critical of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
According to Issa-Onilu; “In 2019, his firm, Fein & DelValle entered into an agreement with the PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to lobby the government of the United States not to recognise the winner of the 2019 presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari, until the election petition is determined by the Supreme Court. That plan failed woefully.”
The APC said that the fresh plot by the opposition PDP after being comprehensively rejected by Nigerians at the 2019 Presidential election, is to cause confusion, anarchy with a view to making the country ungovernable.
He further said; “It is to be noted that PDP has made up its mind to pursue a destructive agenda against Nigeria for the next four years. This is no longer opposition politics. It is an unpatriotic agenda by people who do not mean well for their country. It is important we continue to alert Nigerian to the devious plan of the PDP.”
The ruling Party said that the judiciary is an important institution whose integrity cannot be subjected to political machinations, adding that it is the responsibility of every truly patriotic Nigerian to rise against the PDP to ensure they do not succeed in undermining our corporate existence.
The APC noted that the judgement of the 2019 Presidential Election Petition Tribunal dismissed in its entirety, the petition filed by the PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
In the words of Issa-Onilu; “We are also confident that the Judiciary, particularly the Supreme Court will not succumb to the opposition PDP’s subterfuge.
“We must continue to resist the unrelenting efforts being made by the PDP and their minions such as the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), few social media worms spreading and promoting face and destructive news in their attempt to truncate our movement towards greatness.
“As part of the PDP and Atiku’s post-election delusions and scheming, the so called Coalition of United Political Parties has the devious mandate to intimidate and blackmail important state institutions such as INEC, the judiciary, and security agencies, on behalf of PDP.
Issa-Onilu said that APC’s victory at the presidential polls and the election tribunal represents the Nigerians’ collective desire as a people to remain focused on the progressive growth and development of the country’s economy, fight against corruption, and providing security.
