The Coalition of Lawyers against Corruption, COLAC has hailed the
Senate for reconvening to look into the controversial suspension of the
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Nkanu Onnoghen.
In a statement
signed by the National Coordinator of CACOL, Barr. Olusegun Bamgbose,
made available to PoliticsNGR on Sunday morning, the group warned the
Senate not to allow President Buhari to decimate the Judiciary. The
statement read;
“We want to sincerely commend the National
Assembly for planning to reconvene on Tuesday to look into the illegal,
unconstitutional and obnoxious suspension of Justice Onnorghen as the
Chief Justice of Nigeria. This is quite appreciated and commendable. We
equally want to thank the US, EU and UK for rising up to the occasion to
express their deep concern for this odious act of the Presidency to
subvert and subjugate our Constitution.
“It’s very clear that
this government has gone ga ga in its attempt to cause confusion ahead
of the Presidential elections coming up on 16th February 2019.
Buhari
must respect our Constitution which he swore to uphold on the 29th of
May, 2019 or honorably vacate the State House. He has no business
occupying the State House if he will not respect our Constitution. We
want to assure concerned Nigerians and the International community that
there is no cause for alarm as there would be no election in Nigeria
except the offensive decision is reversed. We shall leave no stone
unturned until sanity returns.
We shall explore all lawful means
to cut the President to size. We shall within the ambits of the law
resist any form of executive rascality and recklessness. The law must
have his way. We want to assure Nigerians that there will be no going
back until the decision is reversed.
No one messes up with
Judiciary and go scot free. We want to tell the parties to continue with
their campaigns as there are strong moves to restore the dignity and
the integrity of Judiciary before the 16th day of February this year. We
will equally want to alert the National Assembly to speak with one
voice come Tuesday.
We are quite aware that the Presidency is
seriously engaged in lobbying members of the National Assembly in order
to cause confusion as the Senate reconvene on Tuesday. However, we urge
them to resist all attempts to use them to destabilize the polity.”
Source:- Politicsngr
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