The Buhari Media Organisation on
Monday lashed out at the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over
their support for the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, asking them and their
leaders to go hide their faces in shame after Justice Onnoghen tendered his
resignation letter over corruption allegations.
In a statement signed by its
Coordinator, Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, the pro Buhari group
said it is funny that the opposition elements and their allies stood firmly
behind a senior judicial officer that was facing serious charges and sought to
make political capital out of it.
He said that the resignation of
the former Chief Justice has proven that President Buhari acted in national interest
by suspending the tainted Chief Justice, saying “Nigerians all saw the manner
PDP and its leaders, including its former Presidential candidate Atiku
Abubakar, ran from pillar to post before the election in a bid to defend
Justice Onnoghen.
“The party leaders even suspended
their flagging Presidential campaign at that time for 72 hours! Just to be seen
to be fighting perceived injustice, but discerning Nigerians knew they were
playing to the gallery.
“They were quick to shout
political witch-hunt to the high heavens and that was in spite of the
overwhelming evidence which they insisted on not interrogating because the
CJN’s suspension tallied with the wrong impression of a dictatorial government
that PDP was keen on selling to the electorates in the run up to the election.
“We were also not surprised that
another key PDP leader, the usurper Senate President Bukola Saraki, attempted
to drag the Senate into it until the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus
which had a clear majority shot it down.
“We won’t also forget PDP
governors in the South-South region in the hall of infamy, especially as they
encouraged the man who was at the time the custodian of the nation’s law not to
appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
“And now that Onnoghen has done
what he should have done in the first instance rather than engage in judicial
rigmarole, does it not amount to a smear on what is left of the character of
these PDP elements. All these prove that PDP is still what it is-a party that
supports and glorifies corruption.”
According to them, President
Muhammadu Buhari also deserves an apology from a segment of the civil society
who castigated him for suspending Justice Onnoghen on the basis of a valid
order from the CCT.
The group said: “We at BMO have
every reason to demand an apology on the President’s behalf from everyone,
including the latter-day rights activists who were actually paid hacks, and the
real ones who failed in their duties to hold people in government accountable.
“These are the people that used
the traditional and social media to whip up enough sentiments that some members
of the international community bought the lies and took the unusual step of
upbraiding the Presidency in a move that amounted to interference in the
country’s internal affairs.
“The positive take away from this
is that those who made genuine mistakes in misreading the situation would now
see President Buhari from our own perspective as one who acts always in
national interest, no matter whose ox is gored.”
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