All Progressives Congress says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s “political desperation” is the reason the Peoples Democratic Party is in a crisis.
The APC said this while responding to Abubakar, who said there is a need for judicial reform to “curb judicial recklessness”.
The former vice-president spoke on Monday in Abuja at the national conference on strengthening democracy in Nigeria.
Spokesperson of the APC, Felix Morka, said in a statement in Abuja that it is an irony that Abubakar would criticise the judiciary because he has a “long history of using the courts to further his political agenda.
Morka said, “The judicial branch of government is a constitutional creation like the executive and legislative branches with its constitutionally defined powers to adjudicate disputes among citizens and between citizens and the state.
“Atiku cannot wish away or seek to abolish enshrined power of the courts to intervene in civil disputes, including electoral disputes, in cases where the authority of the court is validly invoked by a litigant.
“Atiku should focus on rebuilding his party and offering constructive solutions to Nigeria’s challenges. Atiku knows that his political desperation is responsible for the PDP’s catastrophic disintegration.”
Morka advised Nigerians not to be distracted by the false alarm of desperate politicians whose only goal is to gain support ahead of the 2027 general elections.