The APC had had won at both the tribunal and Appeal Court but the Supreme Court upheld the election of Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Nze Chidi Duru, APC’s Deputy National Organising Secretary, who spoke to reporters in Abuja in Sunday said it was the party’s wish to win but had to accept the decisions of courts.
“So, it does not in anyway denigrate one section of the arm of the judiciary against the other and it is in the wisdom of our founding fathers that we have these various layers of adjudication process; that first, if you err at the trial court, then those at the higher courts may then look at it and find a different understanding based on the understanding that they have.
“I did not see any politics in it. I did not also see any arrangement based on that. What did happen was that at the trial court, they understood the fact differently, at the Court of Appeal they also understood it but more importantly at the Supreme Court which is the final arbiter in the judicial process, a different understanding was given to it and a pronouncement was made accordingly.
“Law is what it is. Law is based on law and then on facts and if for anything, I want to believe that we should applaud our judiciary for again rising up to the occasion and then espousing the law in a way that Nigerians are confident that you can actually take your differences and grievances to an impartial arbiter and there will be justice dispensed in a way that is satisfactory to all parties involved.
“It is also commendable in a way that it did also suggest that even if there is the suspicion of an interference in the arm of government, that Friday’s ruling and exposition on the part of the judiciary also did show that they are essentially independent.