By The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division which declared former President Goodluck Jonathan eligible to contest for the presidency, despite having previously sworn to the oath of office of the President twice.
The statement which was signed by Comrade Ini Ememobong, National Publicity Secretary stated that the judgement is in alignment with the law and common sense, they expressed that laws cannot have a retroactive or retrospective effect.
The party further expressed that the intent and purposes for filing the lawsuit in the first place was unnecessary
“The suit, which, for all intents and purposes, was vexatious and a gross abuse of court processes, was a very unnecessary distraction that ought not to have been instituted in the first instance. The punitive cost against the plaintiff is also very much welcomed, to serve as a deterrent to intending busybodies and irritants, who make themselves available for use by those seeking to derail democracy.”
The development on this made the party to grant screening waiver for President Goodluck Jonathan, “…the pathway for his presidential rescue mission totally unfettered, especially as the primaries of the party to select all its candidates will hold on May 28, 2026” the party stated.
At the heart of the legal challenge is the claim that Jonathan’s time in office already counts as two terms. Lawyers and groups filing the suits argue he is constitutionally barred from running again under Section 137(3) of the 1999 Constitution.
