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Madumere congratulates Buhari on victory at Tribunal

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.Says Judiciary an Institutional bedrock of Democracy

 

By Matthew Don

 

Eze Madumere, immediate past Deputy Governor of Imo State, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which upheld his February 23, re-election victory.

 

Madumere made the statement immediately after the Tribunal sitting in Abuja delivered its judgment in favour of President Buhari.

 

He said:  “I must use this grandeur occasion to congratulate the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Mohammadu Buhari on his deserved victory at the Presidential Election Tribunal, affirming his resounding victory in February 2019 Presidential election.”

 

He also commended the Judiciary for playing its constitutional role of ensuring that democratic governance in Nigeria is sustained. He insisted that there is no alternative to democratic governance.

 

 

Madumere said: “Judiciary is very critical to any democracy. I say so because it is the reliable arbiter for justice; it is also the institutional bedrock of democracy because of its powers to adjudicate on issues that could cause instability in the polity. Today, it has adjudicated on issues that has remained in the public domain without any party agreeing based on political leaning.”
It will be recalled that People’s Democratic Party and its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar had challenged Buhari’s reelection on February 23, 2019 on the basis of educational qualification, electronic transmission of election results, electoral malpractices and the use of security agencies to manipulate the voting system.
But the Tribunal validated Buhari’s re-election, dismissing PDP and its candidate’s claims.

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