PoliticsNGR has just gathered that the Peoples Democratic Party has suspended its 2019 presidential campaign over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen.
In a statement signed
by the chairman of the party and co-chairman of the Presidential
Campaign Council, Uche Secondus, made available to this Newspaper early
Saturday Morning, the Presidential Campaign has been suspended in
protest of the suspension.
The Statement read;
“Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council has suspended its
presidential campaign in protest of President Muhammadu Buhari’s
decision to suspend the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen.
The
PDP Campaign Council further predicated the suspension of its campaign
activities in solidarity with Nigerians in our collective rejection of
the assault against our democratic order.
Describing President
Buhari action as a “dangerous and brazen assault on the constitution”,
the PDP Campaign Council says in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday
night that there is no point in campaigning to contest in an election,
whose very basis has been so flagrantly undermined.
“The basis
for this election is the democracy itself. When democracy comes under
this kind of virulent attack, then the election itself becomes
superfluous,” the statement said.
The PDP Presidential Campaign
was scheduled to be in Benue State on Saturday. But it now said it is
suspending its campaign activities for a period of 72 hours in the first
instance.
“In the first instance, we are suspending our campaign
for 72 hours. It is our hope that President Buhari will listen to the
voice of all lovers of democracy the world over and restore democracy in
Nigeria immediately and without qualifications. At the moment, the
President has effectively suspended the constitution under whose basis
the elections are being contested.
The action of President Buhari
represents a constitutional breach and a direct attack on our
democracy. This must never be allowed to stand, as there is no way by
which democracy can survive under these autocratic tendencies.
We
call on all well meaning Nigerians to rise in defence of democracy and
save our nation from this imminent slide into tyranny.”
Source:- Politicsngr
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