Jos – A Plateau State Christian and Muslim Inter-Faith group has chided those they term “desperate politicians,” for trying to ignite a fresh crisis in the State and urged the Appeal Court to desist from employing technicalities and twisted judicial logic to upturn the popular decisions taken by citizens of the State during the last general elections.
A text read by Ringsum and supported by Abdullahi stated, “We are compelled to address you this afternoon over unhealthy and dangerous development in our polity which if not addressed, may spell doom for us. The Plateau Christians and Muslims Interfaith Group has been in existence since 2013. It was formed by Pastor Movel and Imam Ashafa who are popularly known as Pastor and Imam of Kaduna Interfaith Mediation Centre.
“We are however taken aback with the role of the judiciary concerning the Tribunals set up to look into petitions filed by aggrieved candidates after the elections. Our concern with the tribunals is hinged on their internal conflicting decisions in some cases and some, overruling the decisions of superior courts…”
“Justice Chioma said that the scope of the jurisdiction conferred on the Tribunal by the Constitution cannot be expanded to include the determination of the validity of the conduct of primary election or nomination of candidates by political parties.