Ondo PDP Distances Self From Petition …Says It’ll Never Wage War Against Judiciary

The Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), has dissociated itself from the petition filed by its Ondo State Chairman, Mr. Biyi Poroye, against Justice Jummai Sankey of the Appeal Court panel set up to look into the appeals brought to the court against the judgement of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court.
In a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, PDP said it found the petition of Poroye to be distasteful and totally out of the tenets of its principles and ideologies.
It equally said that both Poroye and his sponsors were not its members, and assured the judiciary of its total faith and support.
“PDP will never wage a war against the judiciary, we respect the independence and impartiality of the judiciary,” the party said.
“The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) seeks to completely dissociate itself from the petition written by one Mr. Biyi Poroye against the Justice Jummai Sankey-led Appeal Panel set up to determine appeals against the judgment of Justice Okon Abang of the FHC.
“We find the petition to be distasteful, offensive, indecent and completely out of keeping with the principles, ideology and ethos of our party to make such unsubstantiated allegations against members of an institution as important as the Judiciary.”
“Over the course of our 16 years in power and in our almost two years out of power, our party, the PDP has demonstrated respect and reverence for the Judiciary. In this time, we have ensured that we never besmirched the integrity and reputation of the Judiciary through the mud, even when we were not comfortable with the judgments and pronouncements that were given.
“It is important to stress that neither the writer of the petition nor his sponsors are members of our party.
“They are a group of people with powerful backers within and outside government who are determined to bend all institutions of democracy to suit their whims. And while failing, they are willing to resort to destructive tactics against such institutions. Even our party is a victim of their destructive tendencies. All their attempts is to pervert justice and stop the will of justice from rolling on.
“As a responsible political party, we reaffirm our faith in the Judiciary as the last hope of the common man. We have faith that there are men and women of integrity in the Judiciary who ensure that justice is not only done, but that it is seen to be done.
“We use this opportunity to encourage the Judiciary to weather this storm of blackmail, harassment and intimidation currently being heralded by evil men in the country. May God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” the party noted.
It would be recalled that the Justice Hannatu Sankey-led panel had on the 1st of November, 2016, withdrawn from all cases relating to the Ondo governorship election, citing petition by Poroye that they had been compromised.