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Face Your Court Case, Buhari Can't Be Your Punching Bag: SGF by maupe: 3:57pm On Jul 02, 2016 |
The Secretary to the Nigerian Government, Babachir Lawal, has said the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, acted right in arraigning top officers of the Senate for alleged forgery of Senate Rules used in electing them to office. He however denied that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government had a hand in the current trial of President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu. A former Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, and a Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, Ben Efeturi, are also on trial over the matter. Mr. Lawal, who said he was familiar with the issue for which Messrs Saraki and Ekweremadu were being tried, said the AGF merely acted on a petition forwarded to his office about a year ago when the two senate leaders were elected. The SGF, who made this remarks in Yola on Saturday while fielding questions from journalists, said instead of turning the federal government into a punching back, Messrs Saraki and Ekweremadu should rather allow justice to take its cause. He advised the lawmakers to stop making their trials appear as if it was a battle between the executive and the legislative arms of government. “The Federal government is now everyone’s punching bag,” Mr. Lawal said. “But I don’t know why are they blaming the Federal Government or any person for this. “When this issue started, I was in the party as the National Vice Chairman, that was in June. After the election and emergence of the leadership of the senate, some senators petitioned the police that the document used to conduct such election was forged.So the police received the petition and sent their recommendation to the Attorney General of the Federation who in turn decided that a prima facie case of forgery was established and decided to prosecute those involved. ‘’It’s the duty of the attorney general to prosecute where a crime is committed. So,where is FG role in this? He expressed concern that since their arraignment and subsequent granting of bail, Messrs Saraki and Ekweremadu had issued separate statements that contained messages “far from being complementary to the person and government of President Muhammadu Buhari.” “From their statements, the two leaders of the Senate also gave this erroneous impression that by their arraignment, it is the entire Senate and indeed, the legislative arm of government that is on trial. They want the public to believe that their prosecution by the FG is in utter disregard for the constitutional provisions of separation of powers and that preferring the forgery case against them is a vendetta exercise.
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Re: Face Your Court Case, Buhari Can't Be Your Punching Bag: SGF by Rikov(m): 4:04pm On Jul 02, 2016 |
Nice action by the AGF.... but why hasn't he taken any step towards verifying Mr President's fake WAEC result issue?..... Saraki is correct anyway. |
Re: Face Your Court Case, Buhari Can't Be Your Punching Bag: SGF by Rikov(m): 4:07pm On Jul 02, 2016 |
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Re: Face Your Court Case, Buhari Can't Be Your Punching Bag: SGF by jfking2005(m): 4:20pm On Jul 02, 2016 |
Rikov: Nice action by the AGF.... but why hasn't he taken any step towards verifying Mr President's fake WAEC result issue?..... Saraki is correct anyway. It is better to reason with brain and not being sentimental |