The PDP accuses President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the APC of intimidating the judiciary regarding the election petition.
According to the PDP, the written address by Tinubu’s lawyer to the PEPC is seen as a threat.
The national publicity secretary, Hon Debo Ologunagba, considers the lawyers’ statement in the written address as subversive. He added that it is an assault on the nation’s corporate existence.
They also express concern that the lawyers’ threats of crisis and anarchy in the country if their clients do not meet the Constitutionally required 25% votes in the FCT undermine the Democratic Order.
He said, “It is alarming and disturbing that the APC externalized to the public their final written address in which they also threatened national peace if the Court upholds the clear provisions of Section 134 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) with regard to the mandatory and statutory requirements for which a Candidate in a Presidential election can be declared winner.
“The threats, either through Counsel or officials of the APC is calculated to intimidate and harass the Judiciary and indeed Nigerians.
“The PDP holds that the clear intent of the APC is to blackmail the Court and emasculate the independence of the judiciary to discharge its duties in accordance with the dictates of the law. This action is ostensibly to set the stage to orchestrate violent crisis in various parts of the country with the intention to further blackmail the PEPC.
