The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and
Transparency (CESJET) has warned politicans in
Kogi State, to desist from mentioning the wife of
Nigeria's President, Mrs Aisha Buhari in the
issues concerning the state's governorship
election petition tribunal.
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The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and
Transparency (CESJET) has warned politicans in
Kogi State, to desist from mentioning the wife of
Nigeria's President, Mrs Aisha Buhari in the
issues concerning the state's governorship
election petition tribunal.
This is against the backdrop of rumours on
online media that Mrs Buhari brokered a deal to
buy the tribunal judgement for the state
Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello.
In a statement on Monday by its Executive
Secretary, Comrade Ikpa Isaac, the CESJET said
Mrs Buhari is not from Kogi State and therefore
has no cause to want to influence the outcome
of the election petition tribunal.
"It is uncharitable to imply that the judiciary, the
Kogi State Election Petitions Tribunal is corrupt
simply because people have doubts about their
case before the panel. The same judiciary has
ruled in Rivers State and Akwa Ibom state
without inducement so why would Kogi’s case be
different?
"There have been several attempts by corruption
fighting back and those previous attempts had
targeted President Muhammadu Buhari or his
appointees. This latest attempt to get at
President Buhari through his spouse marks a
new low in the depth to which these corrupt
people have sunken," Isaac said.
The group therefore cautioned the persons
behind the propaganda to treat their internal
state issues as what they are and not nationalise
their internal state politics simply to curry
attention.
"In case they are ignorant of the implication of
their actions, we have as Nigerians sacrificed a
lot to get the anti-corruption fight to the stage
where it is presently and we will not take kindly
to anyone attempting to undermine its credibility
by trying to knowingly or unknowingly rope the
wife of the President into the politics of a state
she does not even hail from.
"They must also be warned that the judiciary is
pivotal to the anti-corruption fight, so attempting
to rubbish the honourable justices is a disservice
to the great men working to midwife a reborn
Nigeria. Had this people crying wolf have any
genuine evidence, they should have approached
the anti-graft agencies and table their facts for
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) or any other agency to act. Instead,
despite the compelling evidence they claim to
have, the groups fronting for whoever is behind
this latest attempt at frustrating the anti-graft
crusade is still at the stage of threatening to
report to the National Judicial Council (NJC).
People with facts do not threaten. They take
action.
"By the way, if the parlous financial situation of
their state is the only evidence with which they
want to approach the NJC that N1.5billion was
taken from its coffers to bribe judges, then we
wonder what the other 26 states that are equally
distressed and unable to pay salaries would now
blame for their woes," he said.
The group however, demanded that the
propagandists should tender unreserved apology
to Mrs Buhari.
While urging the indigenes of Kogi state to
resolve their internal issues, Isaac said the
President, his family and federal institution must
be left out of any further or future propaganda
fireworks that Kogi people want to launch since
the peace prevailing in other states must not be
broken because of local politics of their state.
"We hope that in the interest of Nigeria, Kogi
state politicians and people will hearken to
wisdom and not force the hands of other states
to call them out for trying to ridicule and
compromise the Federal Government to which
every citizen has right.
"We are aware that the actors in this charade
are members of the ruling All Progressive
Congress (APC) and with their headquarters in
Lagos primed to tarnish the good image of the
first family. We will not hesitate to name them if
they continue this dance of shame and
wholesale character assassination against
members of the judiciary and any member of the
Nigerian state," he stated.
Transparency (CESJET) has warned politicans in
Kogi State, to desist from mentioning the wife of
Nigeria's President, Mrs Aisha Buhari in the
issues concerning the state's governorship
election petition tribunal.
Aisha Buhari
By Taboola Sponsored Links
‘Leave Aisha Buhari out of Kogi Election
Petitions Tribunal’
ON June 6, 2016 8:55 PM / IN News /
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The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and
Transparency (CESJET) has warned politicans in
Kogi State, to desist from mentioning the wife of
Nigeria's President, Mrs Aisha Buhari in the
issues concerning the state's governorship
election petition tribunal.
This is against the backdrop of rumours on
online media that Mrs Buhari brokered a deal to
buy the tribunal judgement for the state
Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello.
In a statement on Monday by its Executive
Secretary, Comrade Ikpa Isaac, the CESJET said
Mrs Buhari is not from Kogi State and therefore
has no cause to want to influence the outcome
of the election petition tribunal.
"It is uncharitable to imply that the judiciary, the
Kogi State Election Petitions Tribunal is corrupt
simply because people have doubts about their
case before the panel. The same judiciary has
ruled in Rivers State and Akwa Ibom state
without inducement so why would Kogi’s case be
different?
"There have been several attempts by corruption
fighting back and those previous attempts had
targeted President Muhammadu Buhari or his
appointees. This latest attempt to get at
President Buhari through his spouse marks a
new low in the depth to which these corrupt
people have sunken," Isaac said.
The group therefore cautioned the persons
behind the propaganda to treat their internal
state issues as what they are and not nationalise
their internal state politics simply to curry
attention.
"In case they are ignorant of the implication of
their actions, we have as Nigerians sacrificed a
lot to get the anti-corruption fight to the stage
where it is presently and we will not take kindly
to anyone attempting to undermine its credibility
by trying to knowingly or unknowingly rope the
wife of the President into the politics of a state
she does not even hail from.
"They must also be warned that the judiciary is
pivotal to the anti-corruption fight, so attempting
to rubbish the honourable justices is a disservice
to the great men working to midwife a reborn
Nigeria. Had this people crying wolf have any
genuine evidence, they should have approached
the anti-graft agencies and table their facts for
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) or any other agency to act. Instead,
despite the compelling evidence they claim to
have, the groups fronting for whoever is behind
this latest attempt at frustrating the anti-graft
crusade is still at the stage of threatening to
report to the National Judicial Council (NJC).
People with facts do not threaten. They take
action.
"By the way, if the parlous financial situation of
their state is the only evidence with which they
want to approach the NJC that N1.5billion was
taken from its coffers to bribe judges, then we
wonder what the other 26 states that are equally
distressed and unable to pay salaries would now
blame for their woes," he said.
The group however, demanded that the
propagandists should tender unreserved apology
to Mrs Buhari.
While urging the indigenes of Kogi state to
resolve their internal issues, Isaac said the
President, his family and federal institution must
be left out of any further or future propaganda
fireworks that Kogi people want to launch since
the peace prevailing in other states must not be
broken because of local politics of their state.
"We hope that in the interest of Nigeria, Kogi
state politicians and people will hearken to
wisdom and not force the hands of other states
to call them out for trying to ridicule and
compromise the Federal Government to which
every citizen has right.
"We are aware that the actors in this charade
are members of the ruling All Progressive
Congress (APC) and with their headquarters in
Lagos primed to tarnish the good image of the
first family. We will not hesitate to name them if
they continue this dance of shame and
wholesale character assassination against
members of the judiciary and any member of the
Nigerian state," he stated.
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