Widespread protests broke out in the Jos/Bukuru metropolis of Plateau State in north-central Nigeria on Wednesday against the recent decision of the Court of Appeal to expel a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the National Assembly.
The protesters, mostly youths and women, expressed their displeasure at the appeal court’s decision that annulled the electoral victories of PDP candidates in the Senate and the 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.