Onoja’s Inauguration as Kogi Dep Gov, a Nullity, Says PDP

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday dismissed the inauguration  of David Onoja as the Deputy Governor of  Kogi State, describing it as a complete nullity, “which has no place under the  laws.”

The party also described as scandalous to the judicial system, the state Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajana, whose panel acquitted the state Deputy Governor, Elder Simon Achuba, of any misconduct, “but suddenly flipped to conform to an odious plot by the state Governor, Yahaya Bello, to forcefully remove the deputy governor.”


The Ajana’s action, PDP noted in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary,  Kola Ologbondiyan,  has heavily jeopardised the integrity of the judiciary, and it’s capable of bringing the institution to public disrepute if not immediately checked.




Ologbondiyan said:  "Our party insists that the Chief Judge of Kogi State, in staging an illegal inauguration of Edward Onoja, as the state deputy governor while the office has not become constitutionally vacant, amounts to gross misconduct, which cannot be accommodated under our laws."



The PDP alerted Nigerians that this is a clear demonstration of the reprehensible and sacrilegious design by the state governor to entangle, drag down and corrupt the institution of the judiciary; cause a constitutional crisis, trigger mayhem and derail the smooth conduct of the November 16 governorship election in the state.

According to PDP, "This is because there is no way there can be two deputy governors in the same state, as the people of the state had already registered their anger and resentment against this illegality in the public space."


The party therefore called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mohammed Tanko, to take immediate steps to save Kogi State before it plunges into anarchy and chaos.

Ologbondiyan further said Nigeria is a country governed by law, and nobody must be allowed to set aside the constitution and corrupt the democratic order for his or her selfish and repressive agenda.

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