Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has
come under attack and has been asked to resign over the suspension of Chief
Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen by his principal, President Muhammadu
Buhari.
Buhari had on Friday suspended
Onnoghen and immediately appointed Tanko Mohammed as an acting CJN.
Explaining his reason, the
President said he suspended Onnoghen, following an order from the Code of
Conduct Tribunal, CCT, asking him to wield the big stick.
However, Onnoghen’s suspension
has since stirred reactions from Nigerians, lawyers and opposition parties
describing Buhari as a ‘Tyrant’ and also launching a direct attack on Osinbajo.
Some Nigerians, reacting to the
development on social media attacked Osinbajo who is a SAN for disregarding the
constitution by remaining ‘silent’ about Buhari’s action. Most of them called
on Osinbajo to resign, expressing disappointment in his position as a ‘SAN and
Pastor’
Here are some comments gathered from Twitter:
@Adeyanjudeji “Osinbajo values
principles or decency, he would resign today & no longer be part of this
disgrace, but he is not different from the tyrant. Everything Buhari touches
turns to ash, all the intellectuals around the President have been transformed to
semi-literates.Tyrant Buhari.”
@Temphiz “Prof Osinbajo is a
total disappointment. Expected more from a cerebral person like him. And don’t
say his hands are tied though cos you won’t be truthful to yourself that way.”
@UcheBriggs “Listen. We can no
longer absolve Prof Pastor Osinbajo. Whatever excuse we may have made for him
before, it ends now.”
@Dolarpo “If Osibanjo still
hasn’t resigned after this, what shall we say of these things? what shall it
profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul? Sir, this is where I
rest my case.”
@Timothy13818925 “I call on the
National Judicial Council and Nigeria Bar Association to, as a matter of
urgency, punish Osinbajo and withdraw all his qualifications and titles for his
failure to guide president Buhari aright. He is a great disappointment to the
judiciary and democracy of Nigeria.”
@Olurops “Wait, Osinbajo is a
professor of law. Shame on him.Fake pastor.“
@Walexcul “Buhari is nothing but
an enemy of democracy and Osinbajo is a disgrace to the law profession. Tyrant
Buhari.”
@Musterwizzle “Osinbajo has the
fear of God ni as the Pastor that he is, he should have resigned by now to
protest all these illegalities.”
@Nwankpa_A “Atiku fought his boss
over 3rd term. It was almost political harakiri, but he dived in head first.
Where is Prof Osinbajo? Does he agree with this?
@Ovieo “Your darling VP, Prof.
Osinbajo is fully complicit. Totally, absolutely, completely. History will
judge your MCM as a tool in the hands of this tyrant you all call your
president.”
@Harshtagseries “Osibanjo should
honourably resign. All the appointment made has been reversed ranging from DSS
boss to CJN.So sad.“
@nK “When Osinbajo declared his
assets publicly, he said he had $900k and N94m in his bank accounts. His assets
were valued at over $2m. Robert Clarke didn’t ask how a former Lagos state
commissioner of justice is worth $2m.
@Switkem “Nigeria is *ucked,
Buhari is a mistake, Osinbajo is a wolf in sheep clothing What a mistake!!!
@Atooki_Olayemi “I challenge the
credibility of SAN of VP Osinbajo as to the level of legal advice he is giving
the present administration if he can sit and watch his principal to turn the
constitution of the country upside-down.”
@OtunbaSula “I am pretty sure
Osinbajo is game with all these. He nodded in approval when Buhari stressed:
“Rule of law is subject to National Interest” just months ago. By the way, he
is in a good position to recommend amendments to the constitution that gives
corruption a fighting chance.”
@KengKengati “Osinbajo is the
greatest embarrassment in all of these. Senior Advocate of Nonsense. He has
some subordinates in the nonsense category. Itse Sagay and Festus Keyamo. Legal
wastes.”
@C_Edum “The current greatest
threat to our democracy is not just Buhari, its Osinbanjo and his kinds. You
remember when Osinbajo told us that Buhari was not aware of the case against
CJN. Will pastor and Law Professor (SAN) Osinbajo tell us now that Buhari is
not aware of the suspension?
Are we saying the CCT order used for his removal is not correct or are we just sympathetic with a corrupt CJN who ought to have resigned based on moral grounds?
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