{"id":93525,"date":"2022-04-02T19:45:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T18:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93525"},"modified":"2022-04-02T19:45:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T18:45:42","slug":"iges-murder-soyinka-flays-buhari-over-omisores-election-as-apc-nat-scribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/iges-murder-soyinka-flays-buhari-over-omisores-election-as-apc-nat-scribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ige\u2019s murder: Soyinka flays Buhari over Omisore\u2019s election as APC Nat Scribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing and supporting the election of Senator Iyiola Omisore, a prime suspect in the murder of the late Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Bola Ige, as National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>Omisore was last Saturday elected as National Secretary of the ruling APC during its National Convention held at the Eagles Square, Abuja.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Soyinka made the remark in a statement issued on Saturday, titled: \u201cPerhaps closed files should remain just that-Closed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that barely three months had passed since the 20th anniversary of the murder of late Ige, an occasion he used to remind Buhari, of a subsisting election pledge.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The statement read in part: \u2018That pledge was to re-open the files on the spate of unsolved political assassinations that had plagued the nation in recent decades. Prominent among those cases was that of the Minister of Justice, murdered on his way to take up a prestigious position with the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresidential response was swift. Buhari ordered the Inspector-General of Police to re-open those files and resume investigations. The nation has patiently awaited even a hint of Work in Progress.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Most, I am certain, expect no less than a revaluation of prior investigative efforts. None, to my knowledge, has attempted to rush the Chief of Police and his team into judgment. We all take solace in the knowledge that the wheels of justice grind slowly, but they arrive. Eventually,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Soyinka said an unusual turn of events has raised questions, as the ruling party, headed by the same President, had just elected as its National Secretary one of the prime suspects of \u201cthis most notorious of the nation\u2019s unsolved murders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot for a moment does one suggest that mere accusation, even trial, presumes Guilt. More than a mere verdict is involved in any trial, however. The process of arriving at that ultimate destination \u2013 justice \u2013 is integral to the very concept of democracy and equality under the law. That process is one of the structures of civic education.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cUnresolved till today were quite a number of untidy, even suspect aspects of the investigation, prosecution and trials, aspects which revealed improper cell co-habitation by suspects under custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat this led necessarily to recantations of earlier depositions is not thereby proven, but the fact remains that such U-turns did take place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne was so brazen that it induced a heart attack that proved fatal to the victim\u2019s wife, another Justice \u2013 Mrs Atinuke Ige.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat the prime suspect was privileged in a number of improper ways went beyond mere allegation. Political interventions, including pressure on the judiciary during bail hearings, cannot be denied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA judge under such pressure kept a diary with accusations, pages of which he consigned to friends for safekeeping,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Soyinka asked: \u201cWith the emergence of the said prime suspect as National Secretary of the Ruling Party, is the Inspector-General of Police equipped to confront political obstacles in a resumption of investigation? Is there any guarantee that the result will see the light of day? How suspect, ab initio, will be the conclusions, given the present political ordering?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI repeat: we are speaking of blatant, undeniable exercise of political interventions during investigations and the arraignment of suspects. Prior incumbency of the position of National Secretary of a ruling party has demonstrated the potent interventionist clout that can be wielded from that office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president has personally received, and thus anointed the new incumbent. Since he remains central to any re-investigation \u2013 whatever form or direction it takes \u2013 just what value of objective assessment can be placed on the presidential pledge?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hence, the Nobel Laureate posited that investigative revisit was already hamstrung and disrobed of credibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the nation should simply relieve President Buhari of his pledge. I am certain the Inspector-General of Police will be equally relieved and can now turn his mind and energy to the national accustomed posture \u2013 Business as Usual,\u201d Soyinka maintained.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing and supporting the election of Senator Iyiola Omisore, a prime suspect in the murder of the late Attorney&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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