The All Progressives Congress (APC) in
Ekiti State has asked Governor Ayodele Fayose to stop denigrating the authority
of the nation's judiciary in its adjudication functions in the course of
serving justice.
Reacting to Fayose's diatribe against
the judiciary on its ruling that barred the President from deploying the
military for election purposes, APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, said
in a statement that the governor's utterances smacked of contempt of court and
brazen attempt to blackmail the judges in the course of performing their legal
duties.
He said his attack on the judges was a
continuation of his assault on the judiciary when he led thugs to attack the
judges of the Ekiti High Court, tore their cloths and tore court records in the
Chief Judge's office while the CJ's secretary was beaten.
Berating Fayose for his unbecoming
attitude in the nation's politics, Olatubosun said:
"We had already raised the alarm
that Ekiti State PDP had been sowing fake military uniforms for thugs to
impersonate soldiers during the coming elections to help its candidates win.
The courts rulings are deep blows to that fraud. These thugs are already being
housed in Adesua Lodge of the Government House where they take off everyday to
attack opponents and destroying their posters.
"We have always insisted that
Fayose can never survive in any system where the law works. He does not believe
in law in doing anything.
"How can a Federal High Court in
Jos and the nation's Appeal Court make a pronouncement on same subject banning
the Federal Government from deploying soldiers for elections and it now becomes
the lot of only Fayose among the nation's politicians to raise objection and
castigating the judges?," Olatubosun queried, noting that his objection
betrayed his mindset as a man always employing bullying tactics, illegal means
and desperation to achieve his ends.
Olatubosun added that the governor's
actions so far in the run up to the general elections did not portray him as a
leader ready to work within approved standard of the law and civilized conduct
in decent societies where citizens live to enjoy maximum benefits allowed by God
and the law.
He urged the governor to imbibe
civility in his approach to issues and stop portraying himself as a man not fit
for societies where the law works.
His words: "To demonstrate his
depth of lawlessness and desperation, he went ahead to denigrate the Appeal
Court judges as APC's allies in the judiciary who can never stop
President Goodluck Jonathan from deploying soldiers for elections.
"Fayose was declared governor
because he was supported by the military as revealed in the audio tape that captured
the voices of some characters that helped him rig his purported election. He
wants the same practice to continue, knowing full well that his party no longer
has any hope of winning transparent elections in Nigeria because of the
problems PDP has caused Nigerians in their thirst for development and
growth," he explained, adding:
"This is a man who first denied
that his voice was caught on tape planning election rigging with his
co-conspirators but later admitted when the evidence was too glaring.
"It is the same way the governor
denied collecting N2 billion Ecological Fund but later admitted when he heard
that we were at the Ecological Fund office in Abuja with FOI Law to get the
details."
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