The political family of late DAAR Communications Chairman, Raymond Dokpesi, known as the D37, has applauded the former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, on his victory in the United States District Court of Illinois which ordered the release of the academic records of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by the Chicago State University.

The family has urged the Supreme Court of Nigeria to reverse the result of the presidential elections petitions tribunal.

The D37 also commended Atiku for his doggedness and conviction that the judiciary is the last hope of the common man and his belief in the tenets of democracy, clean politics and the rule of law.

In a press statement signed by the chairman of the Dokpesi political family, Senator Victor Kassim Isa Oyofo and Secretary, Dr Alex Ter Adum, described Atiku as a resolute and valiant fighter for democracy and justice.

They stressed that his political life in the last three decades shows the trajectory of a man who has used his political struggles to achieve landmark constitutional locus classicus to strengthen and enhance the survival of democracy in Nigeria.

The group cited the “AGF V Atiku Abubakar, which reinforced the inseparable of the joint presidential ticket and denied the president and governors the power to remove the vice president and deputy governors from office.

According to the group, the resilience of Atiku to unmask the identity and academic qualifications of Tinubu which, according to them, has been a subject of debate as well as the thwarting of the third term agenda of President Olusegun Obasanjo and many others, were tilted towards enriching Nigeria’s democracy.

D37 while calling on Nigerians home especially, those in the Diaspora to demand justice, fairness and equity, challenged the Supreme Court to redirect the 2023 elections experiences and bar the wave of “unconstitutional overthrows arising from civil discontent with the management of the conduct of elections and it’s fallouts elsewhere in West Africa.” (Daily Sun)

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