*… says former Vice President bid to blackmail judiciary ‘ll fail
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has suggested former Vice President and presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to permit the judiciary to hold out its sacred responsibility with out harassment.
President Tinubu stated making an attempt to discredit an essential establishment of State for egocentric political finish is disingenuous, shameful and unbecoming of a former Vice President of Nigeria.
The President, who spoke by way of his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications & Strategy, Mr. Dele Alake, in a press release final evening suggested the PDP presidential candidate to cease his alleged desperation.
Tinubu stated, “We have learn the laughable and jejune assertion by former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate within the final election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
“It is clear that having been completely defeated by the All Progressives Congress and now President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the previous Vice President has not absolutely recovered from the shock of defeat, therefore the present try and mischievously rake up one other spherical of inanities that offend primary logic and rational pondering.
“In the ill-thought out and illogical assertion, Alhaji Atiku accused the present administration of the governing APC of plotting to undermine the judiciary with out offering any shred of proof.
“Apart from innuendos, insinuations and outright lies contained within the stated press assertion, the previous Vice President Atiku didn’t put ahead any convincing argument to assist his claims on how the President Tinubu-led administration and APC sought to undercut, undermine and compromise the judiciary.
“If the previous Vice President believes in democracy and the sanctity of the Judiciary, as claimed, he wouldn’t interact in making spurious and wild allegations geared toward disparaging and discrediting an essential arm of presidency that ought to function the bulwark for our democracy.
“He shamelessly resorted to this low cost try and intimidate and blackmail the Judiciary even when he’s occasion to a case earlier than the Presidential Election Petition Court.
“Let or not it’s stated that in the case of issues of preventing for democracy and democratic beliefs, rule of regulation and independence of Judiciary in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu stands shoulder above Atiku Abubakar.
“When President Tinubu was main the cost in opposition to the emasculation of the judiciary and selling the sanctity of rule of regulation because the constructing block for good governance as Governor of Lagos State between 1999-2007, underneath a PDP central authorities, Alhaji Atiku was nowhere to be discovered.
“It is on document and to his everlasting credit score that President Tinubu, by way of the instrumentality of the regulation and Judiciary, efficiently challenged lots of the draconian and obnoxious selections of the PDP-led Federal Government that trampled on the rights of the states as federating models.
“Lagos State underneath the management of the then Governor Tinubu gained over 13 instances as much as the Supreme Court in opposition to the hydra-headed PDP administration on the centre.
“No chief with such a sterling and enviable credential as a champion of rule of regulation, independence of judiciary like President Tinubu will ever ponder undermining the Judiciary as alleged by Alhaji Atiku.
“President Tinubu gained a free, truthful and credible election. The February 25, 2023 presidential election that produced him is essentially the most clear election ever carried out in Nigeria since 1999.
“President Tinubu and the APC completely don’t have any motive to undermine the judiciary within the hope of any beneficial judgement.
“His attorneys and that of APC have introduced very stable defence of the results of the election and we’re positive the judiciary will impartially ship its ruling on the premise of factors of regulation and proof earlier than it, not primarily based on presumptuous speculations and unfounded accusations.
“Atiku Abubakar must be honourable sufficient as a statesman to permit the Judiciary perform its sacred responsibility with out harassment and this resort to self-help.
“Attempting to discredit an important institution of State for selfish political end is disingenuous, shameful and unbecoming of a former Vice President of Nigeria. This desperation must stop.”