Buhari Hails Election Tribunals

The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) presidential candidate in the 2007 presidential election, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has hailed the judgments of election tribunals across the country, saying that there may yet be hope for the country’s democracy.
Reacting to last Friday’s annulment of the election of Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, Buhari said the judgments delivered so far had given him and his party the confidence that unlike in 2003, the Judiciary would save Nigeria’s democracy.
The former head of state made the remarks in Birnin Kudu while fielding questions from journalists.
He was in the town to flag off campaigns for the local government elections in Jigawa State.
After comparing the performance of the Judiciary in the aftermath of the 2007 elections with what obtained in the past, he concluded that the Judiciary had done much better than it did after the 2003 elections.
Buhari, who is challenging the election of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in the 2007 presidential election, said: “Well, the Judiciary is the last hope and I will give you one or two examples to show why those of us who have been involved in the struggle since 2003 are hopeful. Full Story