The People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) has called on the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko
Muhammed, to quit the office without delay.
In a statement signed by the
party’s spokeman, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Saturday, PDP described Justice
Muhammed’s swearing in of members of the 2019 election petition tribunals on
Saturday as illegal and complete nullity.
Ologbondiyan also insisted that
Justice Muhammed cannot function as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) as there
is no vacancy in that office.
The statement further said, “It
is also imperative for Justice Tanko to agree that, having allowed himself to
be used to desecrate the hallowed temple of justice, his oath of office and
oath of allegiance, the only option left for him is to quit the bench.
“The PDP reminds Justice Tanko of
his membership of the panel set up by the National Judicial Council (NJC), which
on March 14, 2018, forced Justice Obisike Orji to quit the bench and go on a
compulsory retirement, for allowing himself to be sworn in as the Acting Chief
Judge of Abia State without the statutory recommendation of the NJC.
“From Justice Tanko’s first illegal
assignment, which is the swearing-in of election tribunal Justices for the
forthcoming elections, Nigerians can now see the raison d’etre for his illegal
appointment.
“This action is in itself a
nullity and we caution the said justices to be reminded of the popular maxim
that something cannot be built on nothing.
“Nigerians can recall that the
PDP had always alerted that President Buhari is bent on removing Justice
Onnoghen so as to replace him with a pliable CJN that would help him uphold his
rigging plots and achieve his self-succession bid, having realized that he
cannot win in any free and fair electoral contest.
“The PDP invites the world to
note that when Nigerians were in the trenches for this democracy, General
Muhammadu Buhari, as he was then known, was in cahoots with the last dictator
against the will the people. It is therefore not strange that today, President
Buhari, once again, wants to subdue our democracy and subvert the rule of law.
“However, the PDP wants President
Buhari to know that Nigerians, irrespective of tribe, creed or political
leaning, will never allow anybody, no matter how highly placed, to push our
nation to the abyss of anarchy.”
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