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June 30, 2005
Buhari Vs Obj: CNPP warns against intimidation of Chief Justice
As the nation awaits the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case instituted by defeated presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the 2003 presidential election, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, against the declaration of President Olusegun Obasanjo as winner of the election, the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has complained that the recent harassment of Chief Justice of the Federation, Mohammed Uwais, is aimed at ensuring that Buhari doesn’t get favourable judgment.
By Chuks Ehirim
Senior Correspondent, Abuja
Speaking with journalists in Abuja Wednesday, CNPP Publicity Secretary, Osita Okechukwu, alleged that Uwais is being intimidated by the Federal Government so the judgment that is to be delivered Friday, July 1 does not favour Buhari.
“The fear in government quarters is that if the judgment goes in favour of the opposition, it will send Obasanjo packing. They don’t want this and have been using intimidation and harassment of the Chief Justice to ensure that it doesn’t happen,” said Okechukwu.
He added that government plans to tell the world that the Supreme Court justices are corrupt if the case doesn’t end in Obasanjo’s favour.
“If the judgment is in favour of Buhari, Obasanjo would say that the Chief Justice and other Supreme Court justices are corrupt people,” he said.
He lamented that the harassment of Uwais is a threat to democracy in the country.
“Democracy is highly being threatened and we are saying that the institutions of democracy such as judiciary and INEC, etc should not be destroyed. They should be protected,” he said.
Okechukwu also wondered why no organ of the government has deemed it fit to investigate the direct assault on Uwais.
“Our fear is that this is happening because of the expected judgment that will come on July,” he said.
Posted by Publisher at June 30, 2005 04:45 PM
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