A
civil society group, the Civil Liberty Union, has raised alarm over
alleged harrassments and threats against some members of the Supreme
Court panel of Justices presiding over the Osun governorship Appeal by a
team allegedly led by a national leader of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, in Southwest and 2 governors one from the South West and
the other from North West.
The group alleged that the APC leader and the two governors were allegedly using the names of President Muhammadu Buhari to
intimidate the Justices to jettison the supremacy of the Constitution
and find any way to give a favourable judgement to Gboyega Oyetola, the
candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
This
claim was contained in a statement issued in Abuja and signed by its
Coordinator, Mallam Shuaibu Adamu, Daily Post reports. The statement
added that the APC leader and the 2 governors went bullish and desperate
when they couldn’t get President Buhari to give explicit support to his
quest to influence the Supreme court.
“They went to falsely
quote that the President has directed the Justices to do their bid and
forget any matter of constitution by endorsing Oyetola as Governor.
“We are aware of an evil plot to truncate justice in the case of Osun state Governorship Appeal before the Supreme Court.
“We
want to alert President Muhammadu Buhari that the APC leader and the
two governors are using his name and office to harass and compel Supreme
Justices to rule in their favour.
“This is happening right now
and we want the President to know and act quickly before further damage
and utter destruction is done to the Judiciary.
“From
last night till now, the APC leader has been running helter skelter
with both promises of Billions as well as threats of severe consequences
against Justices who do not agree.
“We know
authoritatively that President Buhari has told Justice Tanko that the
law should take its cause on Osun. We know that Justice Tanko has vowed
to allow Justice to prevail.“That was why he is dropping Mr President’s
name. We urge the justices to remain steadfast.
The whole
world knows what happened in Osun was a rape of democracy and an affront
to the Constitution of the Federal republic of Nigeria
“The
UK, US and EU all condemned the election especially the established
voter harassments and disenfranchisement that characterized it.
“We
affirm to the Justices that ruling on facts and supremacy of the
constitution is the right and conscionable path of honour and posterity
will judge them as bold and courageous standing for equity and justice.
“We
are interested in this matter because it is a stain on the nation’s
democratic credential.We need to clean it up by allowing the truth and
the constitution to prevail.
“Mr President also agreed to
this line of thought and that was why he has directed the Supreme Court
to follow the law and their convictions. We won’t stand by and allow the
APC leader to rubbish our country any further.
“We plan to present a protest letter to the Presidency and the Chief Justice of Nigeria on this matter,” the group declared.
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