On Wednesday, there were significant protests in Jos/Bukuru Metropolis of Plateau State in North Central Nigeria in response to a recent Appeal Court judgement that expelled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members from the National Assembly.
The demonstrators, largely young people and women, were disappointed by the Court of Appeal verdict, which overturned the PDP candidates’ electoral victories in the Senate and House of Representatives.
The protesters carried different placards to express their concerns and disapproval on the legal option that rubbished their decision at the polls.
Addressing the protesters at the Maraba Junction Roundabout, under the auspices of Concerned Stakeholders in Plateau, a representative, Ibrahim Yakubu, urged the National Judicial Council to take look and review the Court of Appeal ruling.
The Court of Appeal sitting In Abuja had nullified the elections of all PDP lawmakers in the upper and lower chambers for not respecting a court order to organise elections into the wards and state congresses of the party.