Secret Property: You Can't Be a Judge in Your Own Case - Ekweremadu Fires Back at APC | CNR
|by Chris Ezemoyih
Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu has described his alleged ownership of choice properties in major cities of the world as part of the All Progressives Congress, APC's smear campaign aimed at intimidating opposition politicians ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Senator Ekweremadu insisted that the APC-led federal government was using established anti-corruption agencies to harass and intimidate the opposition.
Speaking at the South East zonal meeting of the PDP yesterday at the Government House, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Mr. Ekweremadu thanked his party men for their support and solidarity, adding that he owe them an obligation to explain the current smear against him by the APC.
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"Our dear people of PDP, South East, while I thank you for the steadfastness you have shown over the last two to three years of APC governance in Nigeria, it is also an opportunity for me also to express my thanks and gratitude to those of you that tried to reach me and show concern over the smear campaign that you have witnessed concerning me over the past three weeks.
"As my people, I owe you the fact of telling you the truth, which is that I committed no offence. Because the matter is already in court, I do not intend to go into the details, but let me quickly add that very soon you will find out that it is only the politics of 2019. But what you are going to find out in 2019 is that PDP will be the David that is going to save Nigeria from the hands of Goliath and no amount of intimidation or blackmail will stop it.
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"I just want to appeal that we continue on the path of honour. The APC government believes that one can capture power by blackmail and intimidation, which can never happen, and it will never happen.
"I want to say clearly that what we are witnessing is unfortunate and an embarrassment to us as a country. A situation where a government in power can try to use established anti-corruption agencies to harass and intimidate the opposition and when they believe that those agencies are being professional, they decided on their own to use soft tackles, will never be accepted by anybody; not by people outside.
He berated the President Mohammadu Buhari's Presidential Advisory Council for Recovery of Government Property led by Okoi Obla, describing them as "bunch of APC lawyers". He maintained that the council as constituted by President Buhari can cannot carry out out such function as a judge cannot preside over his own case.
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"What we have found over the last few weeks is that a bunch of APC lawyers have assembled themselves and called themselves a panel on the recovery of government property led by led by a man called Okoi Obla. As a lawyer common sense tells you that you cannot be a judge in your own case. There is no justice for the cockroach in the court of fowls. That is exactly what that panel is all about. Obla and his co-travellers believe that we are all stupid. There is no way Nigerians and the international community will watch a panel set up APC, constituted by APC to try PDP people; it would never happen.
"I just want to appeal that we continue to pray for this country because the days ahead are worrisome but by the grace of God, we will overcome", Senator Ekweremadu said.
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Senator Ekweremadu insisted that the APC-led federal government was using established anti-corruption agencies to harass and intimidate the opposition.
Speaking at the South East zonal meeting of the PDP yesterday at the Government House, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Mr. Ekweremadu thanked his party men for their support and solidarity, adding that he owe them an obligation to explain the current smear against him by the APC.
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"Our dear people of PDP, South East, while I thank you for the steadfastness you have shown over the last two to three years of APC governance in Nigeria, it is also an opportunity for me also to express my thanks and gratitude to those of you that tried to reach me and show concern over the smear campaign that you have witnessed concerning me over the past three weeks.
"As my people, I owe you the fact of telling you the truth, which is that I committed no offence. Because the matter is already in court, I do not intend to go into the details, but let me quickly add that very soon you will find out that it is only the politics of 2019. But what you are going to find out in 2019 is that PDP will be the David that is going to save Nigeria from the hands of Goliath and no amount of intimidation or blackmail will stop it.
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"I just want to appeal that we continue on the path of honour. The APC government believes that one can capture power by blackmail and intimidation, which can never happen, and it will never happen.
"I want to say clearly that what we are witnessing is unfortunate and an embarrassment to us as a country. A situation where a government in power can try to use established anti-corruption agencies to harass and intimidate the opposition and when they believe that those agencies are being professional, they decided on their own to use soft tackles, will never be accepted by anybody; not by people outside.
He berated the President Mohammadu Buhari's Presidential Advisory Council for Recovery of Government Property led by Okoi Obla, describing them as "bunch of APC lawyers". He maintained that the council as constituted by President Buhari can cannot carry out out such function as a judge cannot preside over his own case.
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"What we have found over the last few weeks is that a bunch of APC lawyers have assembled themselves and called themselves a panel on the recovery of government property led by led by a man called Okoi Obla. As a lawyer common sense tells you that you cannot be a judge in your own case. There is no justice for the cockroach in the court of fowls. That is exactly what that panel is all about. Obla and his co-travellers believe that we are all stupid. There is no way Nigerians and the international community will watch a panel set up APC, constituted by APC to try PDP people; it would never happen.
"I just want to appeal that we continue to pray for this country because the days ahead are worrisome but by the grace of God, we will overcome", Senator Ekweremadu said.
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