Taminu Turaki, who led the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has lauded the judgment of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, which held that President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest for the 2027 Presidency, despite having previously sworn to the oath of office of the President twice.
According to a statement on Tuesday signed by its National Publicity Secretary,
Interim National Working Committee, Comrade Ini Ememobong, the party noted that the judgment is clearly in alignment with the law and common sense, as laws cannot have a retroactive or retrospective effect.
The statement reads, “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, serving as a deterrent to intending busybodies and irritants who make themselves available to those seeking to derail democracy.
“This development, coupled with the screening waiver that our party had granted President Goodluck Jonathan, has made 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
