APC not jittery over S’Court Judgements – Oyegun

National Chairman of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has debunked allegations making the rounds that the leadership of the APC was jittery over the Supreme Court’s ruling that favoured the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidates in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states.
Oyegun made the remark on weekend while fielding questions from journalists shortly after his arrival at the Margaret Ekpo Int’l Airport in Calabar, en route to Government Secondary School, Atu, venue of the party’s reception organised by the APC to welcome newly registered members into the APC fold in Cross River.
The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja few weeks ago had ruled in favour of PDP governorship candidates for Akwa Ibom and Rivers states in the 2015 general elections.
Oyegun insisted that contrary to insinuation in some quarters, the party was not finding it difficult to accept the apex court ruling, but only desires to know what actually informed it.
The APC boss, however, noted that the outcry over the ruling so far had been that of its individual members and did not in any way represent the party’s position.
He said: “The APC is not finding it difficult to accept the verdict of the Supreme Court, all we are after is to know why the ruling in the first place. No one can question the decision of the apex court.”
He described most of the party’s new members as people of ‘high calibre’, noting that their presence would indeed usher in the desired change in the politics of Cross River State, and Nigeria.
Meantime, some elders in Akwa Ibom, under the aegis of Akwa Ibom Elders Caucus, have warned that calls for President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the judiciary, if heeded, will end up plunging the country into anarchy.
The group made the call yesterday during a press conference in Uyo where it condemned attacks on the Supreme Court by the APC, following the ruling of the Akwa Ibom and Rivers states governorship cases in favour of the PDP.