Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that Nigeria’s 2027 general election must be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom. This comes following the Court of Appeal’s decision overturning a Federal High Court judgment that sought to remove the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and other political parties from Nigeria’s democratic space.
Reacting via a press statement issued by his media office in Abuja, Atiku congratulated the Justices of the Court of Appeal for their courage and loyalty to the constitution and unwavering commitment to justice.
He added that the judgment reinforces public confidence in the judiciary and strengthens constitutional democracy.
His words, “As the nation advances towards the 2027 general elections, political contests must be decided by the votes of Nigerians—not by contrived lawsuits seeking to achieve in the courtroom what cannot be won at the ballot box.
Having accepted INEC’s evidence, the lower court had no legal basis to manufacture additional conditions in order to arrive at what the Court of Appeal rightly described as a perverse decision.
The strength of a democracy lies not in the exclusion of political opponents but in allowing the people to freely determine their leaders through the ballot.
The judiciary must never be transformed into a battlefield for eliminating political competitors or shrinking the democratic space.”
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