The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday urged the judiciary to be circumspect in handling the current suit before it at the Supreme Court in order not to be used by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors to achieve a bad aim.
Spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Charles Aniagwu gave the advise at a news conference in Asaba, Delta State.
He said: “The judicial officers should be careful not to allow these governors use them to achieve a very bad aim. It may interest you to know that two PDP governors, Edo and Bayelsa have joined in the suit on the side of the Federal government,” he stated.
“It will interest you to know that the governors that are challenging this policy in court are all APC governors and that tells us what they are afraid of,” he queried.
Aniagwu, who was in company with the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, said that the PDP was in support of President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to recirculate the old N200 notes till April 10 to ease the suffering of the masses.
“We must agree with the President that we appreciate the things that Nigerians are going through on account of the scarcity of the new Naira note redesign.
“We believe that it is important that the CBN takes steps to further ameliorate what the masses are going through. And what the President did, is a pointer that government is desirous of solving the challenges being experienced by very credible Nigerians as they approach the banks for their monies.
“The decision of the President that authorises the release of the old N200 naira notes into the economy in order to reduce the sufferings of people, is a welcome development.
“We also agree that it is important to take steps to curb corruption, issues of vote buying and that of insecurity, which has been a major problem. So this policy to a large extent, have its benefits ” he said.