FORMER Federal Commissioner for Information and Niger-Delta leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has warned that the people of Niger Delta would sturdily defy attempt by President Muhammadu Buhari to harass and force the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen out of office because of the plan by All Progressives Congress, APC, to rig the elections.

Chief Clark, who spoke to Vanguard on phone, said, “The people of Nigeria Delta will not accept the CJN being harassed and forced out of office because President Muhammadu Buhari and his party want someone, who will do their bidding after rigging the elections.”

“Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, which represents the traditional rulers, leaders and stakeholders of the coastal states of Niger Delta and indeed the entire Niger Delta people, will never accept it. We will go all out legally to fight this battle and will never yield to anybody. It is pure victimization,” he said.

The elder statesman, asserted, “We were all shocked on Saturday when the news came that the Chief Justice of Nigeria is being charged before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. This is clearly unnecessary harassment of the judiciary, a different arm of government that is independent.”

“First of all, we all know that before the Chief Justice was appointed, the same President Buhari delayed it, refused to appoint him until when he went on leave on health grounds and that enabled the Vice President, who was acting President to send his name to the Senate for confirmation and appointment.
“Buhari has always preferred that one of his kinsmen should be the Chief Justice of Nigeria. CJN Onnoghen has done nothing wrong, you cannot charge him to court because the court lacks jurisdiction to try him. The matter should first got the National Judicial Council, NJC.

“They just want to harass him, molest him simply because they want somebody that will be pliable after they have rigged the elections, to appoint tribunal chairmen and members for them to consolidate their rigging.

“That is all what they are looking for, not any other thing, but I want to warn that this country belongs to all of us, if some people think that they own this country , let them have it and others will have their own country.
“You cannot treat some people as if they are slaves or second-class citizens in this country, we will never allow it, not at this time, the harassment is becoming too much,” he hollered.

His words, “The same Mr. President is telling people that he believes in free and fair election, he vowed to do credible election when in the real case his plan is to rig the election and is looking for those who will rig election for him.”

“He appointed his relation as Chairman of the INEC Collation Centre despite the fact that everybody knows that he lived with this woman’s father and the woman’s younger brother is the Minister of Water Resources. What are they thinking of, this country does not belong to a group of people.

“If we want to keep this country together, we must do things to keep it united. Are we saying that the minority will not exist in this country and that northerners will hold all key positions? No and if not, if means we do not want this country,” he said.

Clark commended the South-South governors, who convened an emergency meeting today (Sunday) to deliberate on the matter, saying, “I appeal to the governors and I congratulate the Chairman of the South-South Governors’ Forum, Hon Seriake Dickson, for calling an emergency meeting to deliberate on this matter.”

“We, the leaders and people of the whole of the South-South and Niger Delta are behind the governors. They should declare our stand, Justice Onnoghen should not be harassed, will neither accept nor condone it,” he added.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/ndelta-will-resist-buharis-attempt-to-intimidate-cjn-onnoghen-clark/

Buhari has called for war? Let it start already if possible?

Lmao . These useless people have made it a tribal war . Buhari should kukuma stop stressing himself about all these corrupt bastards.
Mehn ! Nigeria will never get better again . Walai talai thuma billahi.
Oga Empiree ,please how do I start working towards getting a us visa .

Alright

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What would have happened were Dasuki a Christian or Southerner?

What's up with us always wanting to defend crooks given they are our tribesmen or from our region down South? I don't see Muslims or Northerners going up in arms when Buhari goes after one if them over corruption related issues.

Imagine a Chief Justice saying he "forgot" to declare a bank account owned by him! How can anyone with a brain, even a retarded one, step up to defend this?

Aren't we simply telling ourselves "it is okay to be a thief as long as you're my brother"?

Amaechi was right after all.

Corruption every where chaiii back to daura is a goal

WORD

Time to cease the flow of our oil! That's the only language they understand

Baba Clark is still talking?

Back to daura issa gaol

Good one from Edwin Clark.... Buhari be warned!!!

Godbless Niger Delta

Lets act now lest we are weakened by our own brothers. Ameachi,Uduagha,Akpabio,Timipreye are against the struggle

Clark should go and sleep. An old man who cares for nothing but his pocket. How he became the spokesman of the ND people beats me.

As for PMB, go through the legal way of removing him instead of this current method. For those supporting this, just know that you about to set a precedence which will stay with us for a long time, just like how you all introduced hate politics and disrespect to the office of the presidency.


That being said, one thing I like is how all geopolitical zones, with the exception of the SE come together to discuss issues that affect them. If this had happened to a SEner, I do not see the governors coming together.

In as far as I believe fighting corruption should be thorough and all-round, the CJN should not have been too naive to skip such an important requirement of the law like Asset declaration. He should have even known better. When the citadel of justice is ignorant and found wanting, what happens to the body polity?

...and for Edwin Clark, this is not a tribal matter, but a political matter that requires a political solution.

Nigeria can never grow. Everything na tribe ish. Is the man pure No

Clark is a fool

This same Clark of an idiot that collected money in the name of Niger Delta people and refused to do a single thing for Niger Delta people. The idiot went to marry a new wife with his dikk that looks like the head of a baby rat.

Let Onnoghen defend himself and not one old lecher talking nonsense. He thinks Buhari is like GEJ that Tompolo banned from coming to Delta state and GEJ ran to Abuja.

Words have never been truer

Buhari is beating the war drum, we are not middle belt, we re nt south east, buhair ve forgotten the surugade is d dance for the gods, can he dance it, a war against onnoghen is a war against the niger deltas, we warn be4 we strike

When Goodluck Jonathan sacked Justice Salami in 2011 you didn't resist is now you want to resist.

Buhari will push tnis country over the edge soon with the support of his SW side'kicks.

Buhari is a nepotic bastard


This country has never been this divided under any president ever

Woe to anyone who supports the evil administration

Hector09:
Buhari is beating the war drum, we are not middle belt, we re nt south east, buhair ve forgotten the surugade is d dance for the gods, can he dance it, a war against onnoghen is a war against the niger deltas, we warn be4 we strike

Stop making noise.

Those who matter understand the matter at hand. It is irrelevant and inconsequential nonentities making noise online.

Mention a single thing Onnoghen did for the SS.

Ziggylady:


Buhari will push tnis country over the edge soon with the support of his Sw side'kicks.

And it would fall on the head of Atiku and his Eastern slaves.

GavelSlam:
Old man Clark should shut up.

They receive bribes and steal your future.

You who hasn't seen 5k dollars in your life would be fighting for them.

Oga shut up...still waiting for them to arraign babachir and Ganduje, your hypocrisy stinks to high heavens.