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Osun ruling: Presidency blast Atiku over comments

5th July 2019
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Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja

 

The Presidency has described as ridiculous and even comical, the reaction of former Vice President and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, after the Supreme Court ruling affirming the election of Gboyega Oyetola as governor of Osun State.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement said Atiku’s statement calling on the judiciary to reflect on the pulse of the nation, was a fly in the face of logic.

Adesina in a statement said: “In the statement, the former Vice President had stated: ‘I urge the nation’s judiciary to take a pulse of the nation and reflect it. In their hands, God has placed a great responsibility. The duty to ensure that justice is done, irrespective of the pressure to do otherwise, by the powers that be.

“Many things fly in the face of logic, reason, and legality in this portion of the statement. Alhaji Abubakar urged the judiciary to reflect the pulse of the nation in their judgments. Learned people know that the judiciary comes to conclusions drawing from matters of law placed before it, and not sentiments, or so-called “pulse of the nation.”

“A pertinent question is: how does the judiciary gauge the pulse of the nation? Is it even positioned to do such? Is the judiciary established for that purpose, or to dispense justice, even if the Heavens fall?

“Again, there is insinuation of inducement in the statement, when the PDP candidate said the judiciary should ensure justice is done, “irrespective of the pressure to do otherwise, by the powers that be.”

“We see this as an attempt to browbeat the judiciary, thus causing it to entertain sentiment in the ongoing petition on the presidential election before the tribunal. If anybody has the tendency or proclivity to put pressure on the judiciary, Nigerians know where the finger points, and it is definitely not at President Muhammadu Buhari. This is a man who had thrice taken his electoral challenges to the judiciary, up to the Supreme Court. And not once was he accused of trying to influence the process, or put pressure on the courts.

“When the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost Zamfara and Rivers states, arising from judicial proclamations, then, there was no “pressure to do otherwise, by the powers that be.” But now that the victory of the party in Osun was upheld, there is insinuation of pressure from those who have never learnt to play straight.

“President Buhari has always been committed to fair play, which was clearly evident in the last general elections. He remains committed to even-handedness and justice always.”

Tags: Alhaji Atiku Abubakarfemi adesinaGboyega Oyetolaosun state
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