Socio-cultural group, PAN Niger Delta Elders Forum, on Thursday, said the legal representatives of the candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, should apologise to their clients for the shoddy way they handled the presidential election matter.
National Publicity Secretary of the forum, Ken Robinson, in a statement said that the lapses in the presentations by the counsel for LP and PDP were regrettable, adding that the lawyers did not do due diligence on the matter.
He said, “With due respect to the learned lawyers, who handled those petitions, perhaps they need to apologise to their masters and principals who gave them those jobs. From what we witnessed yesterday, they did not do a good job.
“People will express emotions, but the court does not look at the emotion, but at evidence brought before it. For us, we will appeal to those who are dissatisfied with the judgement of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal to explore the avenue of appeal.
He commended the tribunal for doing a great job and enjoined aggrieved parties to appeal the judgment.
“Nobody should even castigate or go into name-calling the judiciary. They have done their job very transparently as it should be done. For us in PANDEF, we will call all those who are dissatisfied to explore the avenue of appeal and avoid making statements that will heat up the polity.
“In the interest of Nigeria, national unity and peace and overall interest of the development of this country and our democracy, nobody should take the law into their hands,” Robinson said.
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