Tribunal: APC blasts PDP, Kashamu over bribery allegation

The All Progressives Congress in Ogun State took a swipe at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the senator representing Ogun East, Buruji Kasamu, over a petition by the duo alleging bribery of the judiciary by APC.

The Publicity Secretary of APC in Ogun State, Sola Lawal, in a statement, described the statement made by the PDP as an assault on the judiciary, saying the PDP was assuming incendiary proportion such that, if not checked, could compromise the integrity of the institution of justice.

Kashamu and his party in separate petitions written to the President of Appeal Court, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, alleged bias against the state election petition tribunal headed by Justice Tobi Ebiorieweoi.

They also alleged a planned bribery of the Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan and have called for disbandment of the appellate court.

The Tobi-led tribunal, in its October 23 judgment, had ordered fresh polls in 110 units, a decision both parties to the petition appealed with the APC insisting that its candidate, Dapo Abiodun, be declared outright winner of the election while Kasamu and PDP averred that the tribunal erred by voiding result in the 110 units.

However, the APC pointed out that every strand of credibility of the judiciary had come under sustained attack by the PDP after losing the last general election wondering whether it was not the same judiciary which operated during PDP’s 16- year rule in the country.