…Alleges freezing of all family assets of CJN
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has uncovered yet another dastardly plot by the Buhari led APC government to harm the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen for refusing to compromise the composition of the post 2019 election Supreme Court Appeal Tribunal.
The Coalition in a statement yesterday in Abuja by its 1st National Spokesperson, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere alleged that lobbying of all sorts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains to get the Chief Justice of Nigeria to accept to compromise the Presidential Election Appeal Tribunal and to compose the Governorship election Supreme Court Appeal Tribunal in Rivers state, Akwa Ibom State, Delta State, Lagos state, Benue State, Imo State, Kwara State, Plateau state, Kaduna State, Abia State and Sokoto State with their preferred choices of justices did not succeed as the Chief Justice had remained faithful to his Oath of office and said by his actions that the Supreme Court was neither going to be partisan nor partial and would not consider such requests.
It observed that the current ordeal of the Honourable Chief Justice would not end soon as he was up against people who were desperate and who do not care if the engine of state grinds to a halt saying that they had taken this dastardly attack to a new low by freezing all the family assets of the family of the CJN.
CUPP disclosed that it was in possession of the letter from the Attorney General of the Federation to this effect even as it added that the onslaught on the judiciary was as undemocratic as it was unconstitutional pointing out that this was capable of further derailing Nigeria’s democracy as such brazen violation of the constitution is only tantamount to treason.
The statement reads,” With the happenings in the last 48 hours and the insistence of the Presidency to either get the CJN to comply or be removed from office, we hereby notify the nation that the life of the Honourable CJN, Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen as well as those of his family members is not safe. The situation will very quickly descend into compromising the security of the CJN. The APC govt. views the resistance of the CJN to the plot to hijack the Supreme Court as the only piece that has not been fixed in its grand design to rig and manipulate the 2019 general election for President Muhammadu Buhari and APC chieftains.
“Nigerians will be shocked by the contents of the letter directing the freezing of the accounts and assets of the CJN. We hereby attach it.
“We are also in possession of audio recordings of meetings of those behind the plot including call records which we will be releasing as we analyze them. It is still amazing how the Buhari led APC govt. is continuing in this path of ignominy, opprobrium, reproach, and dishonour despite the widespread outrage by Nigerians across board. Their mind is made up. They believe nothing can stop them now.
“God forbid they succeed in this plot. God forbid they truncate our democracy. God forbid they set our country ablaze as they desire. God forbid! God forbid!! God forbid!!!”
The coalition therefore called on all well-meaning Nigerians to start speaking out now while equally calling on all voters “to be firm to resist these invaders of our democratic space by going to collect their Permanent Voter Cards and turning out enmasse to resist them on 16th February and 2nd March, 2019”.
“On a final note, if you are sleeping wake up, if you are eating stop and if you are playing stop and activate your vigilance mode and come out now to join the struggle to stop these men who learnt their politics from the likes of Blaise Camperoe of Burkina-Faso and Nkurunziza of Burundi from burning down our Democracy and Institution of justice and constitutional governance”, it admonished.
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