SAN FRANCISCO, February 01, (THEWILL) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the judiciary, as the last hope of the common man, to continue to assert its independence and not allow itself to be deterred from upholding justice and the rule of law.
According to Prince Uche Secondus, Acting National Chairman of PDP, the judicial community and in fact, all discerning Nigerians were shocked by the release by the Presidency on Sunday wherein President Muhammadu Buhari was quoted to have described the judiciary as the ‘major headache’ of his administration.
Speaking at The Inauguration of the Imo State PDP Caretaker Committee on KMonday, Secondus declared that the statement was a direct affront on the statutorily guaranteed independence of the judiciary.
“While we express worry at the attacks on the judicial arm of government, we are aware that they are intended to blackmail and stampede the judiciary to deliver judgments against the PDP in various pending cases involving our party and some of our leaders in the courts,” he said.
“More worrisome is the fact that a President of a country had to tie back already settled judgments of the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, in cases involving him, as a benchmark of his assessment of the institution of the judiciary at the moment.”
“While we urge the judiciary to ensure that it adequately guards its flanks from all external influences, we also caution the executive to focus on governance, while respecting the constitutionally guaranteed principle of separation of powers by allowing the judiciary and the legislature indeed, all statutory arms of government to freely operate within the bounds provided by our laws.”
He later charged the committee to be fair, just and balanced, accommodate every interest and restore Imo PDP to winning ways.
Story by David Oputah
