Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja division and the
\nPresidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), led by Prof.
\nItse Sagay, have been identified as threats to democracy and justice by a
\npro-democracy coalition.<\/p>\n
Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution (CDNDC), in a
\nstatement by its Co-Convener, Mr Ariyo-Dare Atoye,\u00a0 described the
\nactivities of Abang and PACAC as capable of \u201cderailing our hard-earned
\ndemocracy if nothing urgent is done to call them to order.”<\/p>\n
The coalition urged Nigerians to pay close attention to how both of them
\nare \u201cworking together, though separately, but united by a common purpose
\nto destroy the opposition in order to create a fascist state that will
\nserve only the interest of President Mummadu Buhari.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the Coalition, “If we must stand for justice and be ready to
\nwork for the redemption of our dear nation-Nigeria, we must be bold to
\nspeak the truth at all times, while exposing hidden threats to our
\ndemocracy and the rule of law as constituted by Justice Abang and PACAC.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cup of this judge is full. We urgently appeal to the National
\nJudicial Council (NJC) to act speedily and save our democracy from the
\nsting of Abang. His rulings are seen as a judicial aberration, designed to
\nunsettle and destroy the opposition, and by extension undermine democracy.<\/p>\n
“We make bold to say that his rulings are now pre-empted by the ordinary
\nman on the street and they have become a national concern to all
\nNigerians. The NJC is free to sample the general opinions of Nigerians
\nabout Justice Abang\u2019s rulings which unarguably are received with disgust
\nacross all divides.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, the people now easily joke with his rulings as a black On PACAC, the coalition said: \u201cWe have closely monitored the activities of \u201cSagay and his PACAC\u2019s defence of the wicked, mindless and demonic \u201cWe must never allow PACAC and some celebrated 1990s human rights While admitting that there is corruption in the judiciary which must be Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja division and the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption (PACAC), led by Prof. Itse Sagay, have been identified as threats to democracy…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nmarket purchases: \u2018I can always get my ruling from Justice Abang even if
\nit is 3am<\/span><\/span>,\u2019 is now the normal joke in public political talks, which has
\nnow brought the judiciary to ridicule.”<\/p>\n
\nProf. Sagay and his anti-democratic PACAC, and we can confidently say that
\nthe committee is a legal wing of a fascist state, constituted to
\nmanipulate our legal jurisprudence to advance dictatorship.<\/p>\n
\ninvasion of the residences of some judges and their barbaric abduction,
\nwhich is nothing but a coup against the independence of the judiciary,
\nhave now confirmed our suspicion that the group is out to subvert
\ndemocracy.<\/p>\n
\ncommunity who have now been bought over by this government to do hatchet
\njobs; to derail our democracy earned with blood, tears, pains and the
\nsheer-will of Nigerians.”<\/p>\n
\ntackled within the ambience of our laws and a possible amendment of the
\nlaws if there is any lacuna, the Coalition, observed that \u201cif the
\nexecutive had embarked on internal cleansing and conducted ten per cent of
\nself-review in the judiciary in the last 16 months, over 60 per cent of
\nour corruption concerns would have been solved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"