Fayose tasks NJC on Justice Abang, calls for his sack, Say; “He’s a disgrace to the judiciary”
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the
controversial Federal High Court, Abuja judge, Okon Abang as a
disgrace to the judiciary, calling on the National Judicial Council
(NJC) to “save the judiciary from this disgrace called Okon Abang by
showing him the way out of the bench.”
Governor Fayose, in his reaction to the Appeal Court judgment, which
nullified Abang’s ruling of the October 14, 2016 and declared it as a
fraud, said; “it is obvious that Justice Abang is representing the
dirty interests of some cabals, who are protecting him despite the
incalculable damages he has done to the judiciary.”
In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by the governor’s
Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere
Olayinka, he said; “In the face of these indictments by the appellate
court, NJC must wade in and save the judiciary from Abang.
He said a judge who gives fraudulent judgments is even more dangerous
than armed robbers, adding that; “Those running after judges for
alleged corruption and excluding a judge like Abang may not be far
from being the beneficiaries of his (Abang) fraudulent judgments.”
The governor said “a judge like Abang is a cankerworm that can destroy
the country if not removed totally before he does further damage to
the polity.”
Governor Fayose said; “Today again, three justices of the appeal court
descended on Justice Abang, describing his judgments imposing Jimoh
Ibrahim as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate
in Ondo State and the one affirming Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and the
PDP National Chairman as fraudulent.
“It should be recalled that in June, a five-member panel of the court
of appeal led by Justice Morenike Ogunwumiju said Abang “raped
democracy” when he annulled the election Abia State Governor, Dr
Okezie Ikpeazu and ordered INEC to issue a certificate of return to
Mr. Samson Ogah without evidence of forgery against Dr. Ikpeazu. The
court went on to say that Abang embarked on a wild goose chase and
that he spoke from both sides of his mouth.
“These are clear indictments on Justice Abang and in a civilised
society; he ought to have resigned without the prompting of anyone. Or
how can a judge that has been adjudged severally as giving fraudulent
judgments and acting like Father Christmas still sit in judgment over
cases involving Nigerians?
“The judiciary, being the last hope of the common man must therefore
be purged of elements like Abang and NJC must do the needful by
sacking him forthwith so that the bench can have a new lease of life.”