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There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime is putting undue pressure on judges to bend the rule in anti-corruption and terrorism related cases especially as it relates to the agitators of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The Whistler learnt from a highly placed judicial official that the investigation of judges by the Department of State Security (DSS) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was to find ‘evidence’ to use in blackmailing the judges handling corruption and terrorism cases to do the bidding of the president.

It would be recalled that in January, President Buhari while on a visit to Ethiopia for an Africa Union Summit, accused the judiciary of being his greatest worry in the anti-corruption war.

In a meeting with the Nigerian community in Addis Ababa, Buhari said: “On the fight against corruption vis-à-vis the judiciary, Nigerians will be right to say that is my main headache for now.

“If you reflect on what I went through for twelve years when I wanted to be the president, I attempted three times.

“At the fourth attempt, through God and the use of technology, it was possible for Nigerians to elect an APC candidate as president.

“In my first attempt in 2003, I ended up at the Supreme Court and for 13 months I was in court.

“The second attempt in 2007, I was in court close to 20 months, and in 2011, my third attempt, I was also in court for nine months.

“All these cases went up to the Supreme Court until the fourth time in 2015, when God agreed that I will be President of Nigeria,’’

The source stressed that the trial of Mr. Ricky Tarfa and Dr. Joseph Nwobike, both Senior Advocates of Nigeria, was part of the grand design by hawks of the administration to force the hands of judge from respecting the fundamental human rights of accused persons which says they are innocent until proven guilty.

“I can tell you that judges are in for a rude shock as the Buhari government has gone all out to ensure that they do his bidding, whether it is according to the law or not.

Source: http://thewhistler.ng/story/buhari-blackmails-judges-to-bend-the-law

kingbasil:
Wailers are on the increase daily... with this high rate of conversion, we would wake up on a very good morning to discover that naija is now a wailing country...

A Facebook user Mustafa Yahaya shared his views on THE WHISTLER, and berated the hypocritical disposition of some Nigerians towards Buhari's administration with the title: IS IT BECAUSE IT IS BUHARI?

I marvel at the way and manner we think in this country, worst of it the way we think in the north.

It is just a few months ago that we all continually lambasted president Jonathan's cluelessness, I referred to him as the "drunken master of Otuoke", and nobody harassed me, and now because they fear the power of the media that brought them to power they want to castrate the social media, with Buhari firing the first shot in an interview with Sahara reporters' Adeola in New York, why, is it because it is Buhari?.
We demonstrated against pump price increment for petrol, government of president Buhari wants us to swallow the same pill we rejected a few months ago, yet some of my northern compatriots see nothing wrong with that, is it because it is Buhari?.

When three sons of Sheik Zakzaky were murdered during the Jonathan administration, El-Rufa'i called it genocide by the jonathanian army, now under Buhari more than 200 are killed, their mosque and houses destroyed under Elrufai's nose as Governor of the same state, he has not called it genocide by the Buharian army, is it because it is Buhari?.

Under the Jonathan administration subsidy payments were termed as fraud, and there were hues and cries to crucify oil marketers, Buhari even called it a fraud himself, we also thought so, Six months later the same Buhari is paying for subsidy yet nobody is calling it a fraud, why, is it because it is Buhari?.

We criticized Jonathan for keeping a large fleet in the presidential fleet and wasting monies on maintenance, only recently President Buhari's spokesman admitted 2 billion Naira was spent on their maintenance, when other presidents are even doing away with their jets, yet we sit down and watch helplessly, is it because it Buhari?.

Fuel scarcity is biting harder, value of the Naira is going rock bottom, inflation is now on auto pilot, while profits are dropping, purchasing powers are becoming weaker, yet we are asked not to query them, is it because it is Buhari?

If we criticized Jonathan for cluelessness, we will also criticize Buhari for helplessness.

While tribal and regional jingoist see nothing because it is Buhari, what I see first is Nigeria and not whether Jonathan is a southerner or Buhari is a Northerner, we. Cannot continue to be trapped in the closet of tribalism, regionalism and religious bigotry yet expect our country to remain one and grow.

Yes! we might be of different orientation and background but what is good is good any where any time and what is bad is bad, I cannot be suffering and keep smiling because "my brother" is the president.
Source: http://thewhistler.ng/story/is-it-because-it-is-buhari-opinion-by-mustafa-yahaya

jaykaylegend:
woman, she is the governor until the appeal court and maybe supreme court says she is not...
Ishaku is only there till the court of appeal gives it stand...

The National Peace Committee for the 2015 General Elections headed by former Head of State General Abdusalami Abubakar (rtd) says it is concerned about the process of the anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.

The committee today met behind closed doors with the President Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Addressing State House journalists later, a member of the committee, Bishop of Sokoto Diocese Hassan Kukah said the position of the committee was that Nigeria was no longer in a military regime.

It is recalled that the committee had mid-wifed the signing of the peace accord between Buhari and his predecessor, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan ahead of the March 28 presidential election.

The committee met with President Buhari Yesterday barely five days after Jonathan had paid a secret visit to the president at his official residence in Aso Rock Villa.

President Buhari's government had persistently insisted on recovering all the billions of funds said to have been stolen under the administration of Jonathan.

Kukah, while speaking to journalists on Abdulsalami's behalf after yesterday's meeting with Buhari, said the committee believed in the provision of the existing laws that everybody is innocent until proven guilty.

The clergyman was responding to a question on the view of the committee about Buhari's administration's stance on corruption.

Kukah, who affirmed that President Buhari's anti-corruption war was not heating up the polity, stressed that the committee's current efforts was to ensure that the right thing was done.

He said the committee was at the Villa to update President Buhari about "the relevance of the peace committee itself and how we can help to nurture what God has given to us".

He also disclosed that in its recent conversation with Jonathan and political parties' members, the committee realised that nobody was in favour of corruption or against Buhari's commitment to fighting it.

"It (Buhari's anti-graft war) is not heating up the polity. In our conversation with former President Jonathan and members of the parties, I don't think any Nigerian is in favour of corruption or is against the president's commitment to ensuring that we turn over a new leaf.

"I think what we are concerned about is process. It is no longer a military regime, and under our existing laws, everybody is innocent until proven guilty.

"Again, our own commitment is not to intimidate or fight anybody. The former president's commitment and what he did still remains spectacular, and I think that President Buhari himself appreciates that. So, our effort really is to make sure that the right thing is done", he said.

Kukah dismissed the reports that Jonathan sought the committee's intervention on the ongoing probe of his government.

He said: "Anybody is free to come to our committee, but former President Jonathan never, by telephone or another means, talked to the committee. We went to see him, but that was after we had already seen members of the political parties, members of the civil society. We planned to see the speaker because we couldn't see him yesterday (Monday).

"This is a very planned series of intervention essentially just to hear out everybody, and I think the good news is that Nigerians are committed to a new nation, they are committed to ensuring that the gains and blessings God has given us come to fruition".

Asked why the committee's intervention had become so necessary, Kukah said: "This is not an intervention, it is not a hearing out process. When we had the election, it was like a wedding. Now, the reality of government is now the marriage and people need to be encouraged. We need to reaffirm that this is our country and the only thing we can collectively be opposed to is injustice, iniquity, corruption and in that regard, we all had one single conversation".

Kukah also stated that Buhari had reaffirmed the need to retain the committee which, according to him (Kukah), is not policing, but helps to build confidence whenever the need arises.

"The president has also reaffirmed the need for this committee to continue, and the international committee has very much welcomed the contributions of the committee. Essentially we are not policing, but when the need arises, help to build confidence and in the process", he said.

Members of the committee who attended the meeting alongside Abdulsalami, included the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa'Ad Abubakar III and the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.

Others were the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh; the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan; former President of the Nigerian Bar Association Mrs. Priscilla Kuye and Senator Ben Obi.

Our correspondent reports that the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, was also at the meeting.

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