The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has confirmed that Muhammadu Buhari was not in charge of the current administration with the claim that the President does not know about the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen.
The party disputed the claims by Osinbajo that Buhari only knew about the plan to arraign Onnoghen on Saturday.
DAILY POST reported that Justice Onnoghen refused to appear before the Justice Danladi Umar led Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday on charges of asset declaration infractions.
Osinbajo who spoke on the matter, Wednesday, said Buhari only got to know about plans to arraign the CJN on Saturday.
But in a statement Wednesday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said Osinbajo’s claim was a clear confirmation that Buhari was not in charge.
The party told Osinbajo that “Nigerians are aware that there is no way such high level decision, like the arraignment of the Chief Justice of Nigeria in a court, would be taken without the awareness, input and clearance of President.”
Speaking on the claim by the Vice President that the Federal Government was saddened by the development, the PDP challenged Osinbajo to “explain why Mr. President neither stopped the arraignment on Monday nor said a word on the matter since then.”
The party said, “Vice President Osinbajo’s assertion has also confirmed the claims by our First Lady, Aisha Buhari that a cabal has taken over the control of the Presidency, for which she forcefully called on Nigerians to take back their country.
“The PDP notes the Buhari Presidency is only trying to sway public opinion on the matter following the outrage by Nigerians against the arraignment of the CJN.
“The party urges all lovers of democracy and rule of law to continue to be on their guard in the defence of our nation against anti-democratic tendencies of the Buhari administration, particularly the clamp down on democratic institutions in our country”.
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