Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has urged the National Judicial Council, NJC, to probe the Taraba State Governorship Election Tribunal judgment which sacked the State Governor, Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose maintained that “such judicial rascality and conspiracy displayed in Taraba State must not be allowed to go unquestioned.”
The Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Saturday declared Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the of April 11, 2015 governorship poll adding that Ishaku’s election contravened Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, stipulations.
While reacting to the ruling, Fayose said from the Taraba State judgment and others involving the PDP it appeared there were different laws being applied to similar cases by the Tribunals.
“Even when a judge has to exercise his discretion in a matter before him, such discretion must be exercised judicially and judiciously.
“There are no gods in the judiciary and if Ghana, a smaller country could suspend 22 judges over bribery allegation and probed 12 others, the NJC must not play ostrich to these Salamic judgments being delivered by tribunal judges,” he said.
“Those judges, who gave the Taraba State judgment, which is totally against the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) and the one who took N15 million bribes in Yobe State must be investigated by the NJC,” Fayose added.
While also accusing INEC of being part of the conspiracy against the PDP, the governor wondered why the commission did not raise any objection to Ishaku’s participation in the election when his name was submitted as PDP candidate, only for the commission to now cook up a report against the PDP at the tribunal
“There are serving Governors and Senators in this country, who took part in the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election. After failing to pick the APC presidential ticket, their names
surfaced as gubernatorial and senatorial candidates of APC in their respective States.
“Can INEC tell Nigerians when it took part in the process that produced those senators and governors as APC candidates?
“There are also those who left PDP to become APC candidates, can INEC tell Nigerians where the primary elections that produced them were held?
“This double-standard and conspiracy from INEC and a section of the judiciary against the PDP must stop because it is becoming more obvious that those who used the military to truncate democracy in 1983 are out to use a section of the judiciary to truncate our hard earned democracy.”
In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose maintained that “such judicial rascality and conspiracy displayed in Taraba State must not be allowed to go unquestioned.”
The Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Saturday declared Aisha Alhassan of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the of April 11, 2015 governorship poll adding that Ishaku’s election contravened Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, stipulations.
While reacting to the ruling, Fayose said from the Taraba State judgment and others involving the PDP it appeared there were different laws being applied to similar cases by the Tribunals.
“Even when a judge has to exercise his discretion in a matter before him, such discretion must be exercised judicially and judiciously.
“There are no gods in the judiciary and if Ghana, a smaller country could suspend 22 judges over bribery allegation and probed 12 others, the NJC must not play ostrich to these Salamic judgments being delivered by tribunal judges,” he said.
“Those judges, who gave the Taraba State judgment, which is totally against the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) and the one who took N15 million bribes in Yobe State must be investigated by the NJC,” Fayose added.
While also accusing INEC of being part of the conspiracy against the PDP, the governor wondered why the commission did not raise any objection to Ishaku’s participation in the election when his name was submitted as PDP candidate, only for the commission to now cook up a report against the PDP at the tribunal
“There are serving Governors and Senators in this country, who took part in the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election. After failing to pick the APC presidential ticket, their names
surfaced as gubernatorial and senatorial candidates of APC in their respective States.
“Can INEC tell Nigerians when it took part in the process that produced those senators and governors as APC candidates?
“There are also those who left PDP to become APC candidates, can INEC tell Nigerians where the primary elections that produced them were held?
“This double-standard and conspiracy from INEC and a section of the judiciary against the PDP must stop because it is becoming more obvious that those who used the military to truncate democracy in 1983 are out to use a section of the judiciary to truncate our hard earned democracy.”
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