March 31, 2019
Press Statement
Loading ...The PDP accuses the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the
Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami SAN, of involving in plots to scuttle
the collation of the results of Rivers State governorship election by
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The PDP cautions Malami to restrain himself from being used to commit
unconstitutional acts in the collation of results already scheduled to
begin in the state on Tuesday.
The party alerts Nigerians that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi
Amaechi, has been boastfully claiming that the AGF was working on a
script whereupon he will write to the Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to direct
him to stop the collation of results.
Our party urges the AGF to note that there is no provision of the 1999
Constitution (as Amended) or any part of the Electoral Act 2010 (as
Amended) that, in anyway, empowers the AGF to interfere or stop the
process of election, until declaration of result is made.
It is imperative for the AGF to note that Rotimi Amaechi, in his
desperation, will want to rope him in and use him to cause a
constitutional crisis that has the capacity to derail our democracy.
The constitution and laws of our nation are clear on the powers and
statutory functions of the Attorney General and that he has no powers to
interfere in the conduct of elections or direct the stoppage of an
electoral process.
The AGF should therefore distance himself from the ignoble scheme by
Rotimi Amaechi to cause trouble in Rivers state by attempting to scuttle
the collation of results in the Rivers governorship election, which has
been clearly won by the PDP and Governor Nyesom Wike.
The PDP also charges INEC to save the nation a serious crisis by
asserting its independence in concluding the collation process as well
as respecting the will of the people, as expressed at the polls on March
9, by declaring Governor Nyesom Wike as rightful winner of the election
without further delay.
Signed:
Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary
