PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has emphasized that he respects the country’s
judiciary and is willing to abide by their decisions at all times.
Speaking at an Iftar dinner with the representatives of the Third Arm of
the government, the judiciary on Wednesday in the evening at his
official residence, President Buhari said he believed that the judiciary
should be independent and recalled how he submitted himself to the
adjudication of the courts three times on his way to becoming President
without any fuss because, as he said, “I respect the institution. I have
come before you three times before I got here on the fourth run for the
office. Your word is the last word on any given issue.”
He praised he capabilities of Nigerian judges, saying that “your
training and experience has earned you respect.”
In his remarks in appreciation of the Ramadan fast-breaking, the Acting
Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, leading
retired Chief Justices, some Justices of the Supreme Court and heads of
courts in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT assured the nation that
judiciary will continue to do its best in safeguarding the country’s
democracy.
He praised President Buhari for not meddling in the affairs of the
courts in the country.