The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has issued a statement concerning the judgement that made Jummai Alhassan of the APC, the first female governor in Nigeria.

The party said the judgement is another evidence of executive interference in the judiciary.

According to a statement by PDP National Publicity Secretary, on Saturday the Taraba state tribunal ruling brings to the fore the organized plan by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC Federal Government to deploy all unorthodox means to decimate the opposition.

The party said the reason given by the tribunal for arriving at the bizarre decision is intriguing and further exposes the contradictions and double standards inherent in most tribunal rulings against PDP interests recently.

The PDP said if the tribunal is faulting the party primaries as basis for its decision, it then means that no APC gubernatorial candidate can stand the test, as their party never had acceptable primaries in any of their states.

“Evidence that Taraba ruling was a product of Presidency manipulation can be deduced from the fact that few hours before the judgment was delivered, the APC had arrogantly announced their victory on the new media”, it said.

PDP said it is totally confounded by the brazing show of power by the executive and warned that the development clearly portends grave danger to our democracy and indeed national cohesion and development.

The party thereafter calls on its members across the country, especially in Taraba state to remain undaunted as the appellate courts will restore its well-deserved victory.