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APC Accuses PDP, Atiku of Fresh Plot to Malign Supreme Court Justices

- Adedayo Akinwale ín Abuja

The All Progressiv­es Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over alleged sinister plot by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidenti­al candidate, Atiku Abubakar to malign Supreme Court Justices using foreign media organisati­ons ahead of the hearings of the Supreme Court on the 2019 presidenti­al election petition.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa

Onilu, while addressing a press conference in Abuja yesterday, also alleged that PDP had made up its mind to pursue a destructiv­e agenda against Nigeria for the next four years.

According to him, “This is no longer opposition politics. It is an unpatrioti­c agenda by people who do not mean well for their country. It is important we continue to alert Nigerian to the devious plan of the PDP.”

He noted that the judiciary is an important institutio­n and its integrity cannot be subjected to political machinatio­ns, stressing that it is the responsibi­lity of every truly patriotic Nigerian to rise against the PDP to ensure they do not succeed in underminin­g the corporate existence of the country.

But in a swift response, the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Kola Ologbodiya­n, described the ruling party’s allegation as ‘’irresponsi­ble’’, saying the party will formally respond to issues today.

But the ruling party insisted that, “among the columnists that have been contracted to make spurious and false publicatio­ns include an American lawyer who served in the Ronald Reagan administra­tion and writes articles in several notable foreign newspapers.”

The party alleged that the said US lawyer had written several articles, all critical of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administra­tion.

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