President Muhammadu Buhari, has given reasons why the former Rivers State Governor and Transportation Minister, would not be sacked, despite mounting allegations leveled against him, by two Supreme Court Justices.
Speaking through the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, Buhari called on the Supreme Court Justices under probe for corruption, to defend themselves in the court, instead of diverting attention.
While describing Justices, Inyang Okoro and Sylvesta Ngwuta’s call for Amaechi’s resignation as improper, he gave reasons why the Minister would not be prosecuted.
Sagay, said the allegation of attempted inducement by the Minister, had no bearing with the Justices’ arrests, and subsequent charges before a court of competent jurisdiction.
The Legal icon, said the statements credited to Justices Ngwuta and Okoro, smacked of wrong attribution, adding that, it was a calculated attempt to bring the Minister down, and deny the Federal Government the services of a bright member of the Federal Executive Council, FEC.
He observed, that certain people had always indulged in pulling down fellow human beings, in a bid to divert attention from the matter of the moment.
Sagay said: “Men of that status, should not indulge in such diversionary activities, in the midst of grave and ominous charges facing them. I would have thought that they would use the time at their disposal, to prepare their defences against the serious charges they are facing.”
The Legal Luminary added: “Given their status as Supreme Court Justices, even in the middle of the adversity confronting them, they should not have engaged in a distraction, totally incompatible with the dignity, and respect that their high offices attract.
“It is demeaning for them to abandon their legitimate defence, in order to smear a high official of the Buhari government, which later, they probably consider being the source of their predicaments. Mere allegations cannot have enough weight to affect the position of such a high official, as Amaechi.“Otherwise knowing the disposition of Nigerians for putting people down, no office holder will be safe in this country. It is therefore, improper, and ridiculous to compare the position of the Justices, in whose houses millions of naira, and hundreds of thousands of dollars were recovered, to that of Amaechi, against whom there is only the mere (ipse dixit) words of mouth of the Judges”.
Sagay, maintained that the wrong attribution to Amaechi by the Justices, underscored the style of powerful opposition politicians from Rivers and Akwa-Ibom States, stressing that, they were the ones who financed Judicial corruption, and brought the Judiciary to its knees, after last year’s elections.
He further stated, that the allegations are intended to undermine, and weaken the Buhari government, by depriving it of the service, input, ideas, and productivity of some of its brightest stars.
Sagay, concluded that the plot was intended to set the stage for charging the government with ineffectiveness, and cluelessness.
He added: “It is an attempt to reduce the image and perception of this Federal Government, to the low level of their own late and unlamented government. Therefore, the call for Amaechi to step down, is malicious, and vindictive. It should be ignored with complete ignominy.”
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