Atiku’s appeal: Allegations against CJN diversionary – APC chieftain

By Bisi Olaniyi, Port Harcourt

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southsouth zone, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described as diversionary, the allegations against the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Mohammed.

He noted that the appeal at the Supreme Court by the presidential candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, against President Muhammadu Buhari lacked merit.

Eze, in an online statement, berated the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) and its Spokesman, Ikenga Ugochinyere, for serially attempting to desecrate the sacred temple of justice through incessant attacks on the apex court, for sticking to the principle of justice in the constitution of the presidential appeal panel.

He said: “It beats one’s imagination as to what CUPP intends to achieve from the mischievous and misleading attacks, targeted at rubbing dirt on the nation’s judiciary and tainting the reputable image of the apex court before right-thinking Nigerians.

“The attacks by CUPP are contrary to every recognised standard of civilised behaviour, international ethics and decorum.”

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The APC chieftain also took a swipe at the members of PDP caucus of the House of Representatives for deserting legislative functions and assuming fresh responsibility of recommending justices for the presidential appeal panel, describing their activities as absurd.

He dismissed any form of alliance between the governing APC and the Supreme Court, describing the allegation as a cocktail of lies, existing only in the figment of the imagination of the opposition CUPP and its collaborators.

Eze urged Nigerians to maintain confidence in the independence of the judiciary which constant preoccupation is to do justice through interpretation of laws promulgated by lawmakers.

The APC chieftain thanked Nigerians for their support for President Buhari and revealed that the country was already beginning to reap the fruits of good governance in the transportation and agricultural sectors, among others, while tasking Nigerians to continue to pray for the success of the APC-led Federal Government.