The Coalition for Justice in Africa, CJA, has decried judgements of the Court of Appeal which sacked several members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the National Assembly over pre-election matters. Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Convener of the group, Daniel Okwa, described the action of the court as a rape on Nigeria's democracy.
The group said since pre-election matters are decided before elections, there is no locus standi under the law for it to be used to form a judgement. He said, 'Ironically, this played out during the Appeal Court judgment that removed from office some members of the PDP in the National Assembly. It is indeed worrisome that the judgement of the justices of the Appeal Court was in contradiction of the position of the Supreme Court.
'The wisdom of dealing with pre-election matters before polls has now been undone, with the consequence that those who contested and won political office will now be spending the time they should have committed to delivering their mandate in court. 'The Coalition for Justice in Africa frowns on such a miscarriage of justice. It is our conviction that the internal affairs of a political party do not have anything to do with winning elections.
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