The Presidency has described as
“very ridiculous, and even comical’’, the reaction of former Vice President
Atiku Abubakar, to the Supreme Court ruling affirming the election of Gov.
Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State.
Atiku, who was the candidate of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election, had in a
statement expressed reservation over Friday’s Supreme Court victory of Oyetola.
In the statement, the former Vice
President had stated: “I urge the nation’s judiciary to take a pulse of the
nation and reflect it. In their hands, God has placed a great responsibility.
“The duty to ensure that justice
is done, irrespective of the pressure to do otherwise, by the powers that be.
He urged the judiciary to reflect
the pulse of the nation in its judgments. Learned people know that the
judiciary comes to conclusions drawing from matters of law placed before it,
and not sentiments, or so-called “pulse of the nation.”
However, Mr Femi Adesina, the
President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on
Friday, frowned at the Atiku’s comments, saying ”many things fly in the face of
logic, reason, and legality in this portion of the statement.
“A pertinent question is- how
does the judiciary gauge the pulse of the nation? Is it even positioned to do
such? Is the judiciary established for that purpose, or to dispense justice,
even if the Heavens fall?”
Adesina observed that there was
insinuation of inducement in the statement, when the PDP candidate said the
judiciary should ensure justice is done, “irrespective of the pressure to do
otherwise, by the powers that be.”
”We see this as an attempt to
browbeat the judiciary, thus causing it to entertain sentiment in the ongoing
petition on the presidential election before the tribunal.
”If anybody has the tendency or
proclivity to put pressure on the judiciary, Nigerians know where the finger
points, and it is definitely not at President Muhammadu Buhari.
”This was a man who had thrice
taken his electoral challenges to the judiciary, up to the Supreme Court. And
not once was he accused of trying to influence the process, or put pressure on
the courts.
“When the All Progressives
Congress (APC) lost Zamfara and Rivers States, arising from judicial
proclamations, then, there was no “pressure to do otherwise, by the powers that
be.
”But now that the victory of the
party in Osun was upheld, there is insinuation of pressure from those who have
never learnt to play straight,” he said.
Adesina maintained that Buhari
had always been committed to fair play, which he said was clearly evident in
the last general elections.
According to him, the president
remains committed to even-handedness and justice always.
”President Buhari has always been
committed to fair play, which was clearly evident in the last general
elections. He remains committed to even-handedness and justice always,” the
presidency said.
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