AYODELE AJANI
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party , Chief Olabode George has described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari as a ” threat to Liberty”.
In a release issued Friday night, George said Nigeria democracy is no longer at ease.
“This democracy is no longer at ease. The dark clouds of tyranny are circling everywhere. The purported removal of the Chief Justice of Nigeria is illegal, illegitimate, unconstitutional and a direct attack against all the norms of the rule of law.
“The tripodal anchor upon which the basic verities of the democratic order is built is now shattered, eroded by the caprice of the Executive.
“Democracy is now skewed, made imbalance by an unguarded, self-consuming leadership.
“Alas, the normative order is thus imperiled. Power is now riotous, stripped of contemplative equity”.
George said there is nowhere in the Nigeria Constitution where the President can whimsically remove the Chief Justice of the Federation without the adherence to laid down procedures.” This capricious cloudiness must not stand.
“We must all speak up in the defense of fairness, equity and the preservation of the rule of law. This is not the time to straddle the fence.
“All good men and women must make a choice. You either stand boldly with the truth or hide shamefully behind crude survivalism. May God guide our nation aright.
