Monday, 27 August 2012

Salami: ACN’s call for NASS intervention, rape of constitution —Ex-PDP scribe

THE call by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) seeking for the intervention of the National Assembly (NASS) in the issue involving the suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, has been described as tantamount to contempt of court and a rape of the Nigerian Constitution.
A former secretary of the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Honourable Gboyega Akinola, who made this known, said the judiciary must be given a free hand to handle all criminal and civil cases within its jurisdiction without bias.
In a statement made available to the Nigerian Tribune, the PDP chieftain urged the ACN to stay away from what he said were shady and nefarious activities aimed at making the legislative arm of the government to disobey and disrespect the constitution of the country.
He said “it is high time the party and its leadership realised that no amount of flag carrying, demonstration, flag displacement or threat can change the cause of justice. Pragmatically, the call log syndrome and the queried unethical behaviour are fundamental judicial issues which are paradoxically unrelated to political and administrative procedure.”
 He, therefore, advised NASS to disregard what he said was “an unholy, undemocratic and highly uncivilised call” by the main opposition party in the country to a criminal and conscienceless duty.
 “Similar cases of this nature which were pursued uninterruptedly had, in the past, contributed immensely to judicial and democratic growth, which in turn enhances political development in advanced countries like France, Great Britain and the United States of America (USA),” he stated.

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