The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State has lambasted the immediate past Labour Party lawmaker representing Aba North constituency, Destiny Nwagwu for protesting against his removal by the Appeal Court.
Nwagwu was sacked by the Appeal Court sitting in Lagos on Monday on the basis of the former’s inability to provide evidence of his Labour Party membership before his election. In a statement signed by Abraham Amah, the party’s Acting Publicity Secretary, the street protest by the former lawmaker was capable of inciting the people. The statement further disclosed that the lawmaker should have accepted the judgement in utmost good faith rather than asking the people of Aba to resist the judgement.
“This is not the first time and it is in the character of the Labour Party to be selective in accepting the judgements of the court by always rejecting and deriding the court once any case goes against it.
“This attitude is unacceptable because it is an affront to the judiciary, which remains the last hope of the common man and one of the strongest safeguards of our democracy. Every rational mind and lover of democracy should be bold in condemning this rascality,” the statement read.
Meanwhile, Nwagwu described the Appeal Court judgment as “a miscarriage of justice,” claiming that the mandate given to him by his Aba North constituents had been stolen.
