Still expressing its disagreement over the removal
of former Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in Ekiti State on Thursday protested against the Supreme Court, calling for
the immediate resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko
Mohammed.
The apex court had a couple of weeks ago removed
Ihedioha and declared Senator Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) as the duly elected governor of the state.
The protesters, who stormed the party's secretariat
in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, marched to the street to express displeasure
against what they termed injustice against Ihedioha and onslaught against PDP.
They displayed placards with various inscriptions saying: 'Ekiti PDP say no to injustice'; 'Ekiti PDP condemned
Jankara judgement'; ‘Judiciary stop being cowed by Buhari’; 'Only Ihedioha we
know'; ‘Stop robbing the PDP of its mandate'; among others.
Addressing the PDP members, the state party
Chairman, Gboyega Oguntuase, said the Supreme Court judgement is a clear
indication that the judiciary is an appendage of the ruling APC
Oguntuase, who described the verdict as travesty of
justice and onslaught against the wishes of people of Imo State, called on the
CJN, Ibrahim Tanko, to step aside for the judiciary to regain its lost
integrity.
He urged the apex court to reverse itself and
declare Ihedioha the winner, saying the decision is an attempt to disrupt the
country's nascent democracy.
The PDP chieftain regretted that the judiciary
regarded as the last hope of the common man has evolved into masses' enemies
through their 'irrational action and inactions'.
"We are here to express unequivocally that the
judgement given by the Supreme Court, which sacked the duly elected Governor of
Imo State, Ihedioha, is repugnant to fairness, justice, equity and an inferno
that could destroy Nigeria democratic status.
"Here in Ekiti State, we are in conjunction
with the totality of negative expressions that had been made in all over the 35
states and the FCT against the judgement of the apex court. We are here to say
that the judgement is unacceptable and against the wishes of the people of Imo
State.
"It is not the entire justice of the Supreme Court
that we are condemning, but we are saying the pronouncement of the justice that
served on that case is unacceptable to the ordinary man in the street. It is
against logic, common sense and acceptable procedure.
"It is a shame that APC wants to take the
state through the back door. We know that APC wants to take over power in all
segments of the 36 states of the federation forcefully despite the fact that
the people had rejected the party for its failure to deliver the superlative
services inherent in democracy.
"We are appealing to Nigerians to encourage the
Justices of the Supreme Court not to be intimidated and cowed by a group of
insensitive people called progressive," he said.
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