The APC has denied involvement in the ADC’s crisis, accusing the opposition party of blaming it whenever it suffered a legal setback instead of resolving its internal problems.
Its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said Thursday’s judgment by Justice Lifu, which sacked the Mark-led leadership of the ADC, was self-inflicted.
He said the nullification of all official acts of the party’s leadership, including its primary election processes and outcomes, resulted from its lawlessness and demonstrated the vibrancy of the rule of law and independence of the judiciary.
Morka added that if the ADC was dissatisfied with the decision, it should exercise its constitutional right of appeal rather than engage in partisan mudslinging against the APC and issue threats capable of inciting anarchy.
He said the ADC hailed the rule of law and extolled the judiciary whenever court decisions favoured it.
Morka said: “In their warped reckoning, only courts and judges that side with them are worthy while those that rule differently are a menace to society. That is senselessness in the extreme.
“The court judgment that has sent the ADC in a tailspin had to do with a notorious case initiated by leaders of ADC against pirate leaders of ADC.
“To be clear, APC is neither a party nor an interlocutor in the matter. Nothing about the case has anything to do with the APC. And the APC has absolutely no role in the party’s judicial quagmire.
“The case resulted from a legal challenge brought by ADC national officers victimised by the bare-faced heist of the party’s leadership by David Mark and his co-pirates to satisfy Atiku Abubakar’s quixotic presidential ambition.
“It didn’t matter to them that their hostile takeover of that party was in flagrant violation of the rule of law and ADC’s internal democracy, as a court of competent jurisdiction has now declared.
“Now they lash out in a fit of rage at the court and innocent spectators for the judicial outcome that was the inevitable consequence of their reckless political misadventure.”
Morka said the ADC had peddled conspiracy theories without taking responsibility for what he described as a self-inflicted injury that the court had judicially certified.
He described the ADC as a decrepit party, adding that it was unfit to be taken seriously by Nigerians.
He said the APC and President Bola Tinubu’s administration remained committed to preserving democracy, upholding the rule of law and delivering good governance.
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