For what ever purpose it is, we have chosen to develop politically in Nigeria
it must certainly be in the direction of the rule of law since there is the
understanding of democratic antecedents we have decided to embrace In that, equity, transparent must be the in-thing when it comes to following its due
process that is inline with sincerity of
purpose as established in the face of laws of the land essentially in
democratic setting with which Nigeria is said to have been operating for about
seventeen years and still counting. From the past, the challenging of internal
democratic tenancies has been observed to be one of those impediments of
political parties in the country putting its integrity to test in the face of
many Nigerians. Until recently, the people democratic party had it own
share when its members decamped en-mass to other parties as result
of their inability to curtail those differences that lead to so many of its
members living where they originally
belong ,to pitch there tent with another
party. Some of the reasons cited by many
observers was what is still cropping up
in these there new marriage of coming together and forming another party which many analylist have said is capable of ending this emerging political
party called APC in the same way it did to the
people democratic party.
According to Dr isuwa dogo, on channels news recently, he said one of the reason you are seeing all
progressive congress coming out big today is in the fact that it has different
parties coming together to form the so called APC. ‘’today we have been able to
see the All Nigerian peoples party ,
Action Congress of Nigeria, some faction of All progressive grand alliance
headed by Gov Okorocha and the congress for progressive change with some disgruntled members of the peoples
democratic party coming together to form the party, in that process, the cpc had been able to produce the president,
whilst the ACN produced the vice presidential position, while other
contributors in that marriage are yet to
succeed in the course of these sharing formula. Pointing out that there is no
way there won’t be a dagger down in there mist. ''in every governance problem such as this, there is always a political solution to it, and where things of these nature arises and where political solution is not coming, it then means there is more to it'' ‘’how can others whose contribution
are imminence during and after the election, and when the need to share power
arises, what is next to do is to pull them down? How do you think it will go
dawn well with them? these are some of the reason he cited as to whether things
are fallen apart, given rise to gradual failure on the part of its leaders
which he said could make them fail in their promise to Nigerians and as a party,
if care is not taken.
He said, jokingly that the party should rather relinquish power, since
from the look of things, it does not understand how governance is all about and give it back to PDP and apologies to
Nigerians. Also, Mr. ononuju,
another discussant, believe that the APC
do not truly understand how to
handle power, he said when they are campaigning, they never thought the outcome
would favour them and the reason you see them not making head way is as a
result. Accordingly, he believes the whole campaign of curbing corruption is
selective, arguing that how come in all of those public office holders that
declared their assets, how can it be that it is the senate president’s own case
would now be the one singled out for interrogation? Citing the case of Ali-Burton,
he said today, those that are involved in the case in the united states are cooling
off there heads in the prison and that those involved in Nigeria are still
working free. According to him, how come after the president has been briefed of happening
in the united states, and back
home to his country he has refuse to do something about such high profile case with glaring evidence? He said it was
only natural that the code of conduct bureau is doing the bidding of a
particular individual. If not how possible would it be to single out particular
individual., let us not forget that the code of conduct remains under the
executive and we have the head of the executive and we understand what the law
says about who to institute cases of this nature which according to him remains
the attorney general and in this case, the president is yet to nominate and at
this point in time, how come do we have such case being instituted without not having
some one behind it. Ononuju believes it
was a case of being one sided and that which is capable of bringing the APC
down. He said, the change mantariah instituted by the party is yet to fulfill
his promises to Nigerians and that it would rather be wise to remove politics
of witch hunting entirely in every corruption charges and begin with promises it gave to Nigerians
which according to him, is what Nigerian would use in judging them.
But in a swift reaction, Babatunde
Ogala, an APC stalwart believes Ononuju is speaking from both sides of the
mouth, pointing out that what is of importance is whether the accused had
committed such offence or not. Ogala's believe is coining in the fact that from what ever perspective we choose to look at it , it was only natural
that what was brought against the senate president remains weighty and that it
was only wise that he defend him self in what ever perception some of us has
chosen to look at it.
He said the former senate president, Adoulphous wabara was arranged in
similar manner and heaven did not fall and how come we are quick to pick
politics out from issues that is subjudice to judicial interpretation? when ask if the silence of his party is not
indicting, he said you cannot expect the party
hierarchy to do any thing at this time , it will amount to contempt of
the court and that the president has said to Nigerians that he was coming all
out for those with corrupt tendencies
and even said it in foreign media that even his party members found won-ting wont be spared on any corrupt charges. Although, checks also reveals that , the senate president, Bukola Saraki ,
was there-after charged with thirteen count charges, and was said to have gone
to high court to challenge the jurisdiction of the code of conduct bureau over
its competence to adjudicate on criminal matter through his counsel, Joseph Bodurin SAN, and where it was latter quashed , it was also, in the same
vein, gathered that the appeal court also affirmed the earlier
judgment which set aside the rulings in the high court when an appeal was brought by its counsel where it initially instituted against the senate president, mandating its counsel to produce him [Saraki] as was earlier issued by the tribunal as warrant of arrest.
Trumpet day online gathered also that the senate president eventually
came, and after much heated debate, the tribunal gave its judgment directing the senate president to move into the dock and take its plea, vacate
its earlier pronouncements which sort to direct the inspector general of police
and other security agents to produce him since he saraki had decided to come on his own and there after, was released based on
self recognition. With all these melodrama, is all progressive congress not
fallen apart? Time will certainly tell.
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