Though We Are Dismayed, We Have Decided To Charge On – LP Reacts To Supreme Court Verdict

The Labour Party (LP) has claimed that the legislative and judicial arms of government have been hijacked by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The LP stated this at a press briefing hours after the apex court dismissed the appeals by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and his LP counterpart, Peter Obi.

LP’s chairman, Julius Abure said that despite being disappointed with the apex court verdict, the party have decided to charge on and remain optimistic for what the future holds for the nation.

According to Abure, what happened from the day of the 2023 presidential election to now shows that the nation was sliding towards dictatorship.

He said, “We are indeed very shocked and surprised that even the apex court will toe the line of an earlier judgement in spite of all the flaws associated with the judgement delivered by the Presidential Election Appeal Tribunal.

“Having conclusively exercised our fundamental rights as gifted to us by the laws of the land, we have no other choice but to move on. We may be disappointed and dismayed by the outcome of the exercise but we have chosen to trudge on and to remain optimistic of what the future holds for the nation.

“We weep for our institutions that cannot rise to the occasion and courageously defend democracy and the voices of our people.

“However, there are great lessons to be learnt. What transpired in Nigeria since the February 25 presidential election is a clear testament that our institutions are not working and that we may be sliding towards dictatorship. It is very clear that the executive has hijacked both the judiciary and the legislature. This is so unfortunate for our democracy and it is even more for the people of Nigeria.

“All what our forbearers taught us has been destroyed within a short space of time because of the unbridled ambition of a few. The founding fathers fought with their lives to achieve independence for the country.

“People lost their lives for the struggle to keep our democracy and all these years people have been struggling to achieve electoral and constitutional reforms. Regrettably, all of these efforts and struggles have been destroyed today.”