Death of opposition policy spells for democracy … Theconclaveng

The current boom in the defection in the all progressive Congress (APC) from other political parties by the owners of public offices that have won positions elected on the platforms of their political parties other than the APC, have gained impetus when the justice Emmanuel Agim his motorcycle of the political case of defection and defection of the defection and defection of the defection of the defection defection and defection of the defection and defection of the defection of the peoples of the Minister of the Faith of the Minister of meetings of the faithful of the Minister of the Federation. Mr Nyesom Wike territory. That unsolicited prayer to which judge Agim has responded favorably for the applicants who have never framed as a prayer, provided the Elisir for the political prostitutes to move en masse to the President’s political party in our climate in which politically, the so -called winners of the electoral corner of all political offices as political patronage as a political patronage.

The choice of justice of the Supreme Court to take on a table of a dispute that was waiting at the Federal High Court and therefore said that the defection can be confirmed only when the deserters are recorded in the political party in which they deserted and their recordings have held as proof in court that contradict the places that contradict the places based on those that the places on equal terms.

That controversial judgment has now made much easier for the characters without principles in other political parties outside the party that hold the power at the center of crossing the carpet in the national power party of all progressives (APC) believing that with their transverse carpet, their political bread would be better butter.

When he was attacked by the Minister of FCT for having been too critical of the judgment of the Supreme Court on the political issues of the State of the rivers, the Senior supporter of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, he claimed that his comment was a factual and constitutional analysis of the situation and this writer finds his opinions accurate and based on rehearsals.

Listen to it: “Contrary to the statement of Mr. Wike, not lying against the Supreme Court,” he said.

“Everything I said was that the question of the defection of the 27 legislators was collected by his motu and determined by the eminent judges of the apical court,” he added

He stressed that his comments were rooted in the fact that the question of defection was already in suspense before the Federal Federal Court of Port Harcourt at that moment.

He also stressed that the deserters had publicly confirmed their transition from the Democratic Party Peoples (PDP) to the Alfa Progressives Congress (APC) through sworn declarations and video recordings.

“It is a public knowledge that Wike praised the Supreme Court to the high skies and held a thanksgiving to celebrate the decision. However, he decided to attack me for commenting on the same judgment – without any legal justification,” said San.

Citing Section 39 of the Nigerian Constitution and Article 9 of the African Charter on human rights and people, the falana insisted on the fact that he had the legal right to criticize the judgments of the court.

He challenged Wike to present a petition to the Disciplinary Committee of legal practitioners if he believed that there had been a misconduct professional conduct.

The lawyer for human rights said: “I would have ignored the minister’s last free attack, but recently urged the body of the Bencher to sanction the lawyers who criticize the judgments of the Nigerian courts”, continued Falana.

“Unlike Mr. Wike, who calls the names of the judges when I disagree with his policy of opportunism, I have always criticized judicial decisions with the utmost decorum and in good faith,” he said.

Referring to the reference of Adegoke Motors Ltd against Adresanya (1989) 3 NWLR (PT 109) 250, Falana reminded Wike who even the Supreme Court recognizes the fallibility of his judgments.

“As the judge opted said,” we are definitive not because we are infallible; We are infallible because we are definitive, “he observed.

Falana also mentioned the former head of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, who once encouraged legal professionals to criticize judicial decisions in a constructive way to ensure responsibility and improve the delivery system of justice.

“It could affect Mr. Wike to know that from time to time, many respected judges praise my criticism of judicial decisions and my defense of the judiciary. In a recent valley session, a retired justice of the Supreme Court was positively referred to one of my critical observations,” he said.

Mr. Femi Falana concluded by warning that the recent interpretation of the Supreme Court of defection laws could be harmonized by politicians without principles.

Listen to it: “Without a doubt, the decision of the Supreme Court is definitive on defection. Their lordships have said that it must be demonstrated by producing the register of members of political parties. But my fear is that this sentence can be used by non -patriotic politicians to justify political prostitution,” said Falana.

The forecast made by Mr. Femi Falana is not far -fetched because the result of these double standards by the Supreme Court is what motivated many politicians of the political opposition parties that seek protection from criminal actions by the FCC and ICPC to escape the APC for the refuge. After all, Senator Adams Oshiomhole said that any EFCC or ICPC arrests or judicial proceedings are guaranteed to any defective politician for APC. He compared the APC to the refuge of sinners in which once you took off from your party at the APC, your past misdeeds are swept away and your CV would become a tabula rasa once again.

Another reason for politicians who have tested the power that have ensured as a political opposition to enlist in the party in power is for fear of political persecution since the party that controls the government at the Center, calls the blows on who should be investigated by the two anti -corruption commissions of the Commission for economic and financial crimes and independent corrupt practices and other commissions relating to related crimes. This is because politicians in Nigeria hardly play politics according to the rules of the game without stealing from the public up to supporting their high -profile lifestyles and maintaining the chain of supporters, surrogates and the so -called followers.

The latest high -profile defectors of the Democratic Party of the peoples of the opposition to the congress of all progressives are the immediate governor of the state of the delta who has had a very embarrassing encounter with the EFCC which is obviously one of the institutional attack dogs of the APC.

Not long ago before they skillfully decide to apply for the coverage of the defection of the APC from the PDP, the agents of the Commission for economic and financial crimes (EFCC) arrested the former governor of Delta, dr. Ifeanyi Okowo, beyond the alleged N1. 3 trillion of fraud.

A credible sources within the anti-anti-innesto agency confirmed that the vice presidential candidate for the general elections of 2023 was arrested in Port Harcourt, when he reported to the management of Port Harcourt of the FCC.

The Nigeria (Nan) news agency reports that Okowa, was arrested for alleged deviation of N1.3 trillion of proceeds from 13 % of the derivation fund that accumulated in the state during his mandate.

It was presumed to have diverted the fund from the Federation account between 2015 and 2023 when he had dominated in the state of oil.

The officials of the Commission, who did not want their name names, said that Okowa had previously been invited by a team of crack detective of the agency that managed his case.

One of the sources said he was arrested and should have provided satisfactory answers to the questions asked as regards the financial improper under his watch.

It was also assumed that the former governor had not been able to account for the funds and another billion N40 that he would have claimed to have used to acquire actions in the UTM floating liquefied natural gas.

In particular, Okowa would have purchased actions with the value of N40 billion in one of the main banks in the country that represent the capital precisely to float the GNL Offshore.

When he was contacted, Delewale, spokesperson for the anti-Innesto agency, confirmed the presence of Okowa in the commission structure, but further refused the comments further. Not long after, a senior accountant in the government of the state of the delta was being questioned. So the covered carpet of the entire government of the state of the Delta from the PDP to APC is interpreted as a gameplan to obtain softlanding and get some respite from the EFCC.

Previously I had blamed the sentence of the Supreme Court on the defection of the 27 members of the Chamber of the Assembly of the State of the Rivers in APC for providing protection from the dispute for these deserters who do not lack principles and characters because it takes a politician without consciousness to overcome the political party that sponsored you to earn the power to another party only because this other party is that controls the leverse leverse in Nige. If their hands were cleaned, those politicians have been blackmailed to change the affiliation of their party would not dare to do so because as someone can explain that Ifeanyi Okowo who ran for the position of vice -president of Nigeria together with his presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2023 survey Atiku Abubakar who could simply move us, who can guarantee something that is a guarantor. For many analysts there is the suspension of the embarrassments of EFCC.

Many others are moving in the APC because they want automatic tickets to return to their current positions in the National Assembly or in the Governor because they believe that with the leadership of the independent electoral commission appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, their chances to return to their positions in the 2027 survey are guaranteed. Among these people there are the governor of the Delta state who moved to APC from the PDP even after publicly denied that he was planning to do so. Tje other governors of the PDP are also solidarity for the second term ambition of Tinubu with the governor of the state of Akwa Ibom who approves the APC produced the president for a second term in the 2027 survey which is two years later. So, as a reward for his support, Godswill Akpabio’s surrogate of the president assured the governor of the state of Akwa Ibom of a second term victory. The Suspended Suspended Governor of the State of Rivers has also been blackmailed to enlist in the APC so that his illegal suspension can be revoked. This is a bad time for democracy because tyranny knock on our doors.

So I think that the many cases of illegitimate and excessive defection by the parties of political opposition by the owners of public offices and their supporters in the APC are written intended for constructive criticisms and constitutional processes of controls and balances that guarantee good governance, transparency and responsibility. This is truly a sad moment for democracy in Nigeria. Nigeria cannot afford to become a state of a part.

■ Emmanuel ONWubiko is the founder of the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria and was National Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria *

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