Swerear to the constitution to day violate it tomorrow!!!

Quote: “We are not crying more than the bereaved. [size=14pt]We are actually the bereaved, and we will cry for as long as it takes to restore strict adherence to the rule of law. We are bereaved when the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is literally torn to shreds, as President Goodluck Jonathan did in acting on the illegal recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC).[/size]”

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By Tajudeen Adebanjo 3 hours 42 minutes ago

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said its protest against the suspension of Justice Ayo Salami as President of the Court of Appeal is driven by its principled stand on the rule of law.

The party, in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Lagos yesterday, said the PDP’s characterisation of the ACN’s reactions on the issue is a gross understatement.

“We are not crying more than the bereaved. We are actually the bereaved, and we will cry for as long as it takes to restore strict adherence to the rule of law. We are bereaved when the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is literally torn to shreds, as President Goodluck Jonathan did in acting on the illegal recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC).”

The statement reads: “We are bereaved when the rule of law is supplanted with the rule of the jungle, as President Jonathan and the NJC did in the controversial removal of Justice Salami.

“Do these people, most of them from the PDP and its sympathisers, remember that the ACN, more than any other party, vociferously championed the transfer of power - in accordance with constitutional stipulations, to then Vice- President Goodluck Jonathan when his boss took ill and was ferried to Saudi Arabia?

‘’Have they forgotten so soon that the ACN was stoutly in the forefront of those championing a peaceful succession - in accordance with the Constitution - when then President Umaru Yar’Adua died? Was the PDP not largely silent in those days when the power-hungry clique surrounding the late President brushed aside the sitting VP and illegally held on to power? Were PDP stalwarts not running to Saudi Arabia ostensibly to greet the ailing President, when indeed they were escaping from the mess created by the party at home?

“It is interesting that the PDP never for once accused the ACN of crying more than the bereaved during the sustained campaign for a constitutional transfer of power,’’ the party said.