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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