The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic
Party, Debo Ologunagba, said the legality of the sponsorship of the
presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress was voided according to
the 2022 Electoral Act.
Ologunagba stressed that the recent court judgment that
nullified the candidate of the APC in the recently concluded Osun State
governorship election, Adgeboyega Oyetola, could be extended to the candidacy
of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
In a press briefing in Abuja, monitored on Facebook Live by
our correspondent, on Saturday, Ologunagba claimed that the illegality of the
role of the APC Caretaker committee, Mai Mala Buni, who also doubled as both
the state governor of Zamfara State, was illegal based on Section 183 of the
Electoral Act.
He said, “Mai Mala Bala was assumed to be Chairman of the
APC and the laws say that if you are an executive governor you cannot double as
Chairman. This has led the court to nullify the candidacy of the Governor of
Osun State, Oyetola.
“The same Mai Mala Buni was the caretaker chairman that
sponsored the nomination of Tinubu. We are saying that if the process that
sponsored the nomination of the presidential candidate of the APC was illegal,
then the nomination of Bola Tinubu is illegal, null and void.”
When asked whether the PDP would go to a court of competent
jurisdiction to establish his claim, he said the party had earlier advised the
APC concerning the matter and had studied the recent judgment of the Oyetola
case.
He, however, said, “the PDP will not announce whether we are
going to court. When we want to go to court, you will know.”
When asked about the unity of the PDP, given the ongoing
differences between the Wike camp and the Ayu camp, he said, “You mistake Atiku
to be PDP. Atiku is a product of PDP. I understand that Nigerians are
legitimately concerned for the party but reconciliation is not a 100m dash, it
is a marathon.”
Oloogunagba said the moves made by Atiku to reconcile Wike
to the party have shown Nigerians that Atiku was a unifier.
He added. “Nigerians have accepted Atiku as a unifier, The
multiple actions of the Board of Trustees, National Working Committee, and
Atiku have given Nigerians reasons to trust us to bring all party members
together. You will begin to see more
actions. The NWC and the BoT are working. We are united, you saw that play out
at the book launch of Solomon Lar.”
Speaking on the preparedness of the PDP, he said “We are ready and we are compliant with the rules. Some other parties are playing catch up. We signed the peace accord, and Atiku was there. A party candidate did not show up. We don’t want a President by proxy.”
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