Today, Nigerians woke up to one of the most bizarre news in our nations history.
Yesterday we slept as a democratic nation who not only respect the rule of law but also the dignity and sanctity of human life but woke up today to a military rule guarded with the mask of constitutionality.
The gestapo arrest of Judges across the Federation and most nauseating those of the Supreme Court is a direct assault against the tenets of democracy and the dignity of our nation has laid down by our founding fathers.
From 1987 till date, this is the first time a Southerner is up for the CJN position and for him to have been whisked away in a coup under the supervision of arguably some elements of the Northern Mafiosos is saddening.
While it is important that we cleanse the Judiciary of corruption, such move must be made with utmost respect for Human Rights. Mr. President can not continue to select who to arrest and who not to.
For a President under whose acclaimed anti-corruption crusade watch, a so-called investigative panel affirmed that the Chief of Army Staff got his choice mansions in Dubai through proceed from a ‘snake farm’; his appointed Secretary of Government of the Federation carted away N270m meant for IDPs in the name of clearing the field; his Chief of Staff and Minister for Interior wallowing in various degrees of corrupt allegations, championing an anti-corruption crusade is nothing but a charade.
We must all stop this attempt to make mockery of our hard earned democracy.
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