The Peoples Democratic Party has welcomed the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, which held that former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest for the Presidency, despite having previously sworn to the oath of office of the President twice.
The PDP in a statement on its official handle signed by Comrade Ini Ememobong, National Publicity Secretary interim National Working Committee stated that the judgment is clearly in alignment with the law and common sense,as laws cannot have a retroactive orretrospective effect.
“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.
“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 28, 2026”, the PDP stated.