The All Progressives Congress ( APC) Elders Forum in Bayelsa State has accused Governor Seriake Dickson of trying to blackmail the judiciary ahead of the ruling on the state governorship election petitions.
A statement by signed on behalf of the Forum by Engr. Bibobra Elijah, said it has uncovered the clandestine moves orchestrated by Governor Dickson to hoodwink and blackmail the nation’s judiciary.
“Ordinarily, we thought these moves could be overlooked having in mind that blackmail and other unsavoury methods are not capable of swaying our reverred judges.
“However, a second look at the continued post trial campaign of calumny mindlessly embarked upon by Governor Dickson has the potentials of premeditated violence that require to be stemmed,” the Forum said.
It further said it was worrisome that a supposedly trained lawyer could abandon decency and preemptively accuse the nation’s judiciary of plotting a pattern of verdict which, in his own reasoning, might likely favour the APC and its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva.
“The sponsored publications making allusions to imaginary celebrations and jubilation by APC supporters in Bayelsa State are all part of the blackmail package put together by the governor to give a dangerous impression that our party is already privy to the verdict.
“It is further preposterous when Governor Dickson in a live radio programme, incited civil disobedience if the tribunal’s verdict was not favourable to him. This is callous and brazen in all regards.
“We make bold to say that we remain resolute and our belief in the judiciary is unshaken. Our strength lies strongly on our evidence laid before the honourable tribunal and it is left for the judges to determine the weight of what was presented by each of the parties in the case.
“Perhaps, Governor Dickson’s resort to this sudden blackmail is arisnf from the reported failed attempts to bribe the tribunal. This is more so that he had earlier boasted that he would procure a favourable verdict for himself as far as the governorship case is concerned.
“We use this medium to appeal to the Nigerian public, especially the judiciary to disregard Governor Dickson’s current moves aimed at painting a picture that the APC has a fore knowledge of the tirbunal’s verdict,” the Forum added.
According to the statement, it is, indeed, Governor Dickson and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that have been making fruitless attempts to bribe the judges, using a ranking female judge, the wife of a former governor.
“We are aware that a meeting between the said female judge and the governor to press further their intentions has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 19,2016 in Abuja,” it disclosed.
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