Maintain Your Bound,
CJN Warns PDP
Justice Mahmud
Mohammed, the Chief Judge of Nigeria, has issued a strong warning to the
Peoples Democratic Party to maintain its limit within politics and cease from
making derogatory statements about the judiciary.
This warning is coming on heel of allegation credited
to the PDP where it complained of unduly interference by the Court of Appeal on
the various cases before elections petitions tribunals, Daily Post reports.
Justice Mohammed, who spoke through his mouthpiece,
Ahuraka Isah saying: “Somebody has to counsel Metuh to avoid treading where
he has limited knowledge, because Judiciary is not where one makes allegations
without proofs.”
The number one judge of the country said that the
judiciary’s integrity is very much intact and he will do all to defend it from
being soiled by anyone or party adding that members of the All Progressives
Congress and the PDP had lost and won at the tribunals in the country.
He said: “The president of the Court of Appeal has
influenced the tribunal to also give judgments in favour of the PDP members
that have won their cases.
“We all agree that the 1999 Constitution (as amended)
provides for freedom of expression, but it cannot be exercised in isolation
recklessly like loose cannon.
“I make bold to state that the integrity of the
Judiciary this time around is non-negotiable.
“Independent judiciary intrinsically means judges can
make decisions irrespective of the political winds that are blowing. And we are
indeed doing same at the election petition tribunal.”
The PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh, had few days ago
alleged that the Court of Appeal had been interfering in court cases with a
view of turning the dice in favour of the APC.
Metuh noted that his party wanted to formally inform
the president of Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa to the
reports of alleged interferences coming from her office which point to
the activities of various election petition tribunals and other judicial cases
which are handle in such a way that will give the APC an edge.
He said: “While we would not
want to believe that the President of the Court of Appeal is so involved, given
the sensitivity of her office, we wish to caution, in very strong terms, that
such is completely unacceptable as it principally detracts from the sanctity of
the judiciary as the citadel of justice and erode the trust reposed on it by
the people.”
Source: Naij.com
Source: Naij.com
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