The Buhari Media Organization
(BMO) has accused the Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Atiku Abubakar of showing disrespect to the judiciary by prosecuting his
election petition in the media, rather than at the Presidential Election Petitions
tribunal.
According to the group, this is
targeted at whipping up unnecessary sentiment against the courts in order to be
declared winner.
BMO made this known in a
statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke on
Tuesday in Abuja.
It described what the former Vice
President has been doing as prejudicial.
“We have observed this pattern of
disrespect for the judiciary by one of the losers of the 2019 Presidential
election, Atiku Abubakar, who has embarked on a media hearing of his petition
even after his lawyers, went to court.
“Nigerians have regularly been
fed with snippets from the 139-page document on the pages of traditional media
and their online counterparts, to the extent that it seems like the tribunal is
about to take a decision.
“We consider it as a deliberate
act of contempt for the panel and a disregard for the judiciary that should not
be encouraged or tolerated.
“It shows that he is more
interested in whipping up public sentiments through the media than prosecuting
the case,’’ the group said.
It urged him to act in a
statesmanlike manner and allow the Election Petitions Tribunal do its job rather
than resort to self-help.
“If Atiku believes that his
claims will be better served in the media we call on him to withdraw the
petition and focus on prosecuting it in the media as he is already doing
prejudicially.
“The alternative is for him to face
his case squarely in court, except he does not trust the members of the panel,”
it said.
BMO noted that this is however
not the first time that Atiku would be taking steps that are not in line with
the nation’s law.
The group said few weeks ago, the
country was agog with reports of how the former Vice President engaged U.S.
attorneys with a view to lobbying the American Congress and the U.S. President
to recognise him as President of Nigeria.
According to the group, this
happened just about the time his team of lawyers filed his petition, and
although the Atiku camp and the PDP denied the deal.
It noted that in spite of the
denial, fact checkers have proved that there is indeed a contract between him
and two U.S. lobbyists.
“Many Nigerians have described
the act as treasonable felony and desperation taken to ridiculous extent.
“The latest act of leaking
details of his petition to the media on almost a weekly basis shows the extent
the former Vice President is willing to go,” the group added.
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