Mr. Williams Dakwom, a member of the APC presidential campaign council (PCC) in Plateau state, stated that the Supreme Court will not overturn the appeal court and election tribunal’s decisions that nullified Mutfwang and Yusuf’s election....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
The party’s leader emphasises the importance of adhering to constitutional principles and expresses confidence in the legal system’s ability to address pre- and post-election issues.
Mr. Dakwom told Legit.ng in an exclusive interview on Saturday, December 2, 2023, that the APC faced a similar situation in 2019 in Zamfara state, where they lost positions to the PDP due to irregularities in party congresses.
As a result, Dakwom emphasises the party’s acceptance of defeat and adherence to democratic norms.
He did, however, state that the anticipated Supreme Court rulings will consider whether the Court of Appeal followed relevant laws in its verdicts on the Kano and Plateau governorship disputes, as well as whether the pre and post-election issues align.
Mr. Dakwom, stated thus: “I always say we need to have confidence in our judiciary.
“Because our judiciary are trying not by our own way of thinking, because there are constitutional issues. Tribunal has done its assignment and there are things the tribunal cannot explain which are constitutional issues.
“In the court of appeal judgment, there is no contradicting judgment among the three lawyers or the six lawyers that gave the verdict. The case is similar to the that of Musa Yar Adua versus Muhammadu Buhari in 2007.
If you look at it closely, the judgment that comes out of the Supreme Court is four against two. If you look at it, it is the same thing that is going to happen.
“The Supreme Court will have too look into the appeal court’s judgment delivered in the various state. Did the court of appeal follow the laws or not? And if they discover there is a law guiding this, and these people did not comply by the law, then they should therefore accept the outcome.
