PLATEAU PDP FILES PETITION AS LEGAL PROCESSES TO RECOVER SEATS BEGIN IN EARNEST

PLATEAU PDP FILES PETITION AS LEGAL PROCESSES TO RECOVER SEATS BEGIN IN EARNEST

By Moses Gbande

The legal team of the Plateau PDP State Campaign Council has commenced filing petitions before the two tribunals set up to hear cases related to the national assembly, gubernatorial and state constituency elections conducted in the state.

Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee of the Party, Yiljap Abraham says there are at least five national assembly and four state house of assembly seats as well as the governorship that the Council’s legal experts are challenging at the tribunals.

The lawyers are set to beat the dateline for the legislative seats which expires this weekend, while work has intensified on the governorship petition.

Officials of the legal team have revealed that they have made some “very interesting discoveries” in the course of preparing the petitions.

“We are leaving nothing to chance as we are screening results with the greatest diligence and assembling the appropriate human arsenals to achieve our goal. There will be surprises for sure when public seatings start.”

On the other hand, the counsels are also gearing up to defend petitions that may be contemplated against PDP elected representatives.

Meantime, the legal team is anxiously looking forward to the inaugural seating of the two tribunals at yet to be announced dates.

PDP governorship candidate in the 2019 election Senator Jeremiah Timbut Useni has expressed determination to go all the way to legally recover the mandate freely given by the people of Plateau but hijacked through widespread electoral manipulations and intimidation.

He has appealed to PDP officials, members and supporters to have unceasing hope,

“It is not yet over. This is only a temporary set back. We have entered another critical stage in the restoration strategy.”