JUSTICE ADENIYI ADEMOLA’S RULING ON 37 APC REPRESENTATIVES:
AT LAST OUR FEARS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED
Yesterday, a
Federal High Court Presided over by Justice Adeniyi Ademola handed down a
ruling in which he restrained 37 APC members who joined our great party
on December 18, 2013 from effecting the change of Leadership in the
House of Representatives thereby granting the prayers of the Plaintiffs –
the PDP in the suit.
At a time when
this government is unable to explain to Nigerians the where about of
huge missing funds; at a time when profligacy among Ministers of this
government has reached its crescendo; at a time when scores and
thousands have been sent to their untimely death under a scheme
purported to be a recruitment sham; at a time when government assets in
the power sector have been sold out with Nigerians experiencing more
darkness than light; at a time when insecurity and insurgency has almost
defied government emergency rule and at a time when mis governance has
taken center stage while Nigerians has continued to wallow in abject
penury, the PDP government has continued to run the country like the
private fiefdom of those holding the reins of power.
Nigerians, we know cannot succumb to the shenanigans of the ruling party that has plundered this nation for 15 years.
The House of
Representatives remains the bastion of hope of the traumatized and
pauperized Nigerians and we shall not give in to the attempt of some of
our PDP colleagues in collusion with a certain judge to turn facts and
law on its head to achieve some sinister ends.
Finally for the
avoidance of doubt, let me state unequivocally on behalf our members
that the import of yesterday ruling was that our 37 members cannot
participate in the removal of Principal Officers of the House nothing
more, nothing less. Every other pronouncements by the judge as to the
status of our 37 members of the House were mere opinion, In any event,
this judgment was given in vain and in ignorance of the House rules
which governs the appointment of party leaders in the parliament. It is
also an attempt by the court to meddle in the internal affairs of the
parliament. This certainly is not the import of the doctrine of
judicial review. As we speak our colleagues have appealed the vexatious
ruling and we hope to get justice soon. We believe the House of
Representatives will take due notice of the appeal in this case.
Thank you.
RT HON SAMSON R-OSAGIE (FCIA)
MINORITY WHIP
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