Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele
Fayose has described Federal HighCourt Judge, Okon Abang, as a disgrace to the
judiciary in Nigeria.
He said that the judge was acting
more like a persecutor in the case of former National Publicity Secretary of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh.
The governor, who said it was
clear that Justice Abang was out to satisfy the sinister aim of Metuh’s
persecutors, said; “In saner climes, all that is needed as proof of inability
to stand trial due to ill health is a doctor report from duly recognized health
institution and one wonders whether medical report from federal government
owned Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State should
not have been enough to convince Justice Abang that Metuh was indeed sick.”
According to a statement issued
on Tuesday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media,
Lere OIayinka, Governor Fayose said; “Shame on Abang, a judge who goes to court
robing himself in garment of corruption. Why didn’t he (Abang) dock Metuh with
the stretcher on which he was brought to court yesterday despite all his
initial bragging?
“The judge’s utterances during
last month’s court appearance when he was told that Metuh was on admission and
could not appear in court was a clear demonstration of malice and desperation
to convict an accused person at all cost.”
The governor said it was obvious
that Justice Abang’s only aim was to satisfy the interest of those with
evidence of his corrupt practices, adding that, “When they needed the Code of
Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Chairman, Danladi Umar to help them convict Senate
President Bukola Saraki, they made the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) to clear him of culpability in the N10 million bribery allegation
levelled against him.
“In April 2016, the EFCC said via
a letter signed by the Secretary of the Commission, Emmanuel Adegboyega Aremo
that ‘after investigating the case for some time, it became clear that the
whole allegation bordered in the realm of mere suspicion and would be difficult
to charge the CCT judge to court based on the allegation.’
“Today, the same Umar that they
cleared has been charged to court by the EFCC on the same allegation.
“Obviously, they intend to use
the criminal charges filed against the CCT chairman to blackmail him into doing
their sinister bidding of convicting Senator Saraki at all cost just as they
are doing in the case of Metuh.
“On August 18, 2016, five Appeal
Court justices in their judgment in the case of Abia State Governor, Okezie
Ikpeazu Vs. Samson Ogah, said Justice Abang committed a rape on democracy!
“Also, a three-member panel of
Appeal Court judges led by Justice Ibrahim Salauwa said the judgement delivered
by Justice Abang on October 14, 2016 was as ‘fraudulent as it was violent’ and
that the judge acted like Father Christmas.
“If not because of his ability to
do hatchet jobs for those presently holding Nigeria at the jugular, how can a
judge like Abang that has been adjudged severally as giving fraudulent
judgments and acting like Father Christmas still sit in judgment over cases
involving Nigerians?”
“We therefore call on the Chief
Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen to do something on Abang to
save the bench in the hand of judges like him.”
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