The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that ruling All Progressives Party is using its presidential to influence Judiciary and cripple democracy.
This was as the acting National Chairman of PDP, Amb. Umar Damagum, said the cabal in the presidency was determined to suppress the rule of law and downgrade Nigeria.
Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, Damagum said the cabal in the Presidency was determined to emasculate Nigeria’s democracy by overturning the will of the people in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
According to Damagum, there is an ongoing design by APC to “cripple democracy, overthrow the democratic rights of Nigerians, suppress the Rule of Law and downgrade our nation to a fiefdom run by the whims of a cabal.”
Damagum said it has become pertinent to alert Nigerians that the country is “fast sliding into totalitarianism following the activities of a cabal in the Presidency which is out to emasculate Institutions of Democracy, especially the Judiciary in the desperation to subvert and overturn the expressed Will of Nigerians in the various election matters across the country.
“This sinister agenda tailored towards a systemic emasculation of the opposition and foisting of an oppressive one-Party system is evident in the conduct and outcome of certain election petitions in Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Delta, Ogun and other States of the nation where the Election Petition and Appeal Panels were used to rob the PDP of victory won at the polls.”
Recall that the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja sacked Zamfara state governor, Dauda Lawal on Thursday and order for rerun election.