Atiku Abubakar. |
Since
the unconstitutional removal of the Chief Justice of Nigeria by President
Muhammadu Buhari, there has been some water under the bridge that necessitates
a restatement that I still completely and unequivocally reject and condemn that
action and any other breach of our constitution.
I am not fighting for Justice Onnoghen.
I am fighting for the constitution. Once we open the Pandora’s Box of
unconstitutionality, we cannot tell where it will end.
This scenario appears to me like déjà
vu. Under a particularly brutal military dictatorship, Nigerians witnessed the
illegal and arbitrary removal of many innocent people from their positions of
authority and many said nothing because they were not from the ethnic group of
those affected.
I remember speaking up then that what we
know is when the rain begins, but we do not know when it will end. My warnings
were ignored by some until they woke up one day and that dictator removed no
less a personality than the Sultan of Sokoto.
It is worth pointing out that Muhammadu
Buhari was by his side when he did that. He obviously learned very well from
his teacher.
If they come for the heads of the
legislature and we keep quiet because we are not legislators, if they came for
the heads of the media and we keep quiet because we are not journalists, if
they came for the head of the judiciary and we keep quiet because he/she is not
from our area, there may be no one left to speak up when they come for us.
At this point, let me commend all the
Lord Justices of the Supreme Court who have heeded my call and the call of
other patriots to remain united. The fact that they did not participate in the
swearing-in of election petition tribunals is not lost on true democrats all
over the world.
My thanks especially go to the governments
of the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union for standing
shoulder to shoulder with the Nigerian people. This is most appreciated and on
behalf of the voiceless, I say thank you.
And to those who accuse these
governments of interfering, I remind them that they made no such accusations
when they celebrated a statement from the US/UK/EU calling for free and fair
elections in 2015, just after the postponement of the 2015 elections to make
room for a final assault against Boko Haram. What has changed between then and
now, except that they are now in power.
May God bless the Federal Republic of
Nigeria and may God bless all friends and lovers of Nigeria.
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