“The PDP appreciates the issues of hundreds of thousands of Nigerians over the false report. Such concern additional factors to the very fact of the overwhelming help of majority of Nigerians for the PDP and Atiku Abubakar on the February 25, 2023 Presidential election.”
The Peoples Democratic Get together has debunked studies that the celebration and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, withdraw the petition filed in opposition to the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee and President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and All Progressives Congress on the Presidential Election Tribunal.
The PUNCH studies that PDP and Atiku withdrew a recent utility they filed to compel the INEC to permit their brokers to take part within the technique of finding out poll papers that had been used for the February 25 presidential election.
However in an announcement on Thursday by the celebration’s Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP insisted that it didn’t withdraw any petition in opposition to INEC, APC and Tinubu.
The assertion learn, “The stated report is fake and a reprehensible fabrication by the mendacious APC which is disconcerted by the overwhelming proof in opposition to it and our tenacity to reclaim the mandate freely given to the PDP and Atiku Abubakar by Nigerians on February 25, 2023.
“The PDP states in clear phrases that our celebration and Atiku Abubakar didn’t withdraw our petition in opposition to INEC, APC and Tinubu on the Presidential Election Tribunal. Nevertheless, to set the report straight and for the advantage of our teeming members, supporters, and most of the people, the PDP clarifies as follows;
“On Monday, March 13, 2023, the authorized crew of Atiku Abubakar led by J.Ok Gadzama, SAN was in court docket to maneuver a Movement Exparte accompanied by an Affidavit of Urgency (CA/PEC/12M/2023), searching for orders directing INEC to permit us observe/take part within the technique of finding out the poll papers used for the presidential, senatorial and Home of Representatives elections carried out on February 25, 2023 throughout the nation.
“The court docket directed that each one events needs to be placed on discover and requested that we amend our Movement Exparte to Movement on Discover, to serve similar on the events (INEC, APC & Bola Ahmed Tinubu) and return on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, for listening to of our Movement on Discover.
“On Tuesday, March 14, 2023, our authorized crew had a convention assembly with the Authorized Staff of INEC, and the fee gave its assurance to cooperate with our crew in the course of the inspection and finding out of poll papers, and to additionally present election supplies wanted to file our petition.
“On account of this settlement with and assurance by INEC, there was now not a must proceed with the listening to of the movement on discover (CA/PEPC/13M/2023). Consequently, our crew filed a Discover of Discontinuance of the stated Movement.
“On Wednesday, March 15, 2023, our authorized crew returned to court docket to tell the court docket of the decision reached with INEC and formally discontinued the Movement on Discover in opposition to all of the events (INEC, APC & Bola Ahmed Tinubu).
“The PDP is due to this fact on track and we’re decided to pursue the case to its logical conclusion, which is the retrieval of our Presidential mandate on the Tribunal.
“The PDP appreciates the issues of hundreds of thousands of Nigerians over the false report. Such concern additional factors to the very fact of the overwhelming help of majority of Nigerians for the PDP and Atiku Abubakar on the February 25, 2023 Presidential election.”
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