Assault on Odili part of plot to hijack 2023 elections ― PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday alleged that the assault on Justice Mary Odili of the Supreme Court is a renewed plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to hijack the 2023 election “as it did in 2019.”

In a statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary, the main opposition party described the invasion of her residence as “horrendous, rascally, irresponsible, completely unjustified,” demanding that it should not be swept under the carpet on the guise of misleading whistleblower operation.

The statement added: “This is more so as the pawprints of the APC are visible in the incident, in its desperation to cow the judiciary and subvert the cause of justice ahead of the 2023 elections.

“It is clear that the attack on Justice Odili is part of a renewed script by the APC. Nigerians will recall how, ahead of the 2019 election, former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, was clandestinely yanked off from his hallowed chamber, preparatory to the massive rigging that characterized the 2019 Presidential election.

“Nigerians can equally recall how respected judges were assaulted by the APC administration through obnoxious sting operations in a bid to arm-twist the judiciary and set the stage for the endorsement of a culture of impunity that characterized the 2019 elections.”

The PDP however cautioned the APC and its Presidency apparatchik to “know that times have changed. Nigerians are not ready to stomach a repeat of APC’s coordinated assault on our institutions of democracy, but will firmly resist them with every means available within the ambit of the law.”

The party also urged the judiciary to remain firm and not be deterred by the suppressive proclivities of the fizzling APC, which has since been rejected by Nigerians.

The PDP called on Nigerians to stand in defence of the nation’s democracy by continuing in their demand that the real perpetrators of the attack on Justice Mary Odili be exposed and brought to book.

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