“Our
attention has been drawn to the above story which appeared on Page 3, in
Saturday- October 8, 2016 of Vanguard newspaper and written by Soni Daniel
where he stated thus “Saturday Vanguard gathered that among those taken into
custody last night were two Supreme Court Justices who allegedly played ignoble
but crucial roles in subverting judgements in favour of one of the two leading
political parties in Akwa Ibom State and another state in the South-East”.
We are
surprised by the use of such phrase as “ignoble
but critical roles” that the writer employed. How did the writer come to such
conclusions, whereas reports on the alleged arrest of the judges both in other
major national newspapers and on the social media did not mention Akwa Ibom
State nor include any of the names of the justices that sat on the Akwa Ibom
case.
The
7-Member Supreme Court Justices that determined the case in favour of Governor
Udom Emmanuel and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) were as follows: Justice
Mahmud Mohammed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad,
Suleiman Galadima, Olabode Rhodes- Vivour, Kumai Bayang Aka’AHS, Kudirat M.O
.Kere-Ekun and Chima Centus Nweze.
How did
the writer connect the judgement to the “ignoble but critical roles in
subverting judgements in favour of one of the two leading political parties in
Akwa Ibom State.
” While
not impugning the integrity and professional antecedents of the writer, who
also happens to come from Akwa Ibom state, we are aware of certain political
currents and ill-founded narrative that are not supported by fact, logic or
intellectual rigour by certain elements within the Akwa Ibom State political
space where they ascribe meanings and propagate their received or conventional
wisdom on the political developments arising from the long settled 2015
gubernatorial elections.
We hate to
believe that the writer may have based his report on those unfounded and
politically motivated narrative. The judiciary is an important institution in
the deepening of democratic ethos and values and we hold the institution in the
highest possible esteem.
We wish to
state here in the strongest possible way that the report was erroneous,
misleading and deeply malicious. The general public should discountenance and
dismiss the report in its entirety”.
Source:Akwa Ibom State Government
Source:Akwa Ibom State Government
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