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| Mallam el Rufai |
Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has described the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, as a “shameless man who has demonstrated that he is no longer fit to continue in office.
ddressing hundreds of protesters who stormed the Government House, Kaduna, on Friday in solidarity with President Muhammadu Buhari who suspended Onnoghen from office, over allegations of corruption, el-Rufai said the time had come for every well meaning Nigerian to support Buhari in his fight against corruption.
Quoting Othman Dan Fodio, the founder of
Sokoto Caliphate, the governor said corruption in the judiciary is the
worst form of corruption and no society can survive it.
The governor who mounted an Armoured
Personnel Carrier (APC), stationed in front of the Government House, to
address the protesters, commended them for their solidarity with the
president and “for coming together to convey this very clear statement
from the people of Kaduna State that in Kaduna we do not support
corruption.”
el-Rufai said, in Kaduna State we do not
support injustice, in Kaduna State we are 100 per cent behind the
integrity of our President. I can assure you that the message you have
given to me will be delivered to the president today”.
According to the governor, the case with Justice Onnoghen is a very sad one.
He said: “Othman Dan Fodio, the founder
of the Sokoto caliphate wrote that the worst form of corruption you can
find in any public servant is judicial corruption because when the
president is corrupt or the governor is corrupt, it is to the judge that
ordinary people can take their case to.
“When the judge himself is corrupt, it is the highest form of corruption and must never be condoned.
“The case of Justice Onnoghen is the
case in which somebody who has worked in government for the past twenty
years suddenly has millions of dollars in his account, he has admitted
but says he has forgotten about them, which means he has more money than
Aliko Dangote because I do not think Dangote will forget $1 million in
his account”.
el-Rufai maintained that, “the president
did the right thing by asking him to step aside pending investigation.
It is the proper thing to do.”
“It is what is done in every organised
and civilised society. Unfortunately, some people in Nigeria are trying
to make white black and black, white. They are using technicalities to
delay bringing this man to Justice.
“Mr President did not remove Onnoghen
from office. He said in honour of the judiciary, he should step aside so
that the charges against him can be investigated and prosecuted.
“But the man is shameless, he does not want to go. But it is time for Nigerians to come all out and tell him he must go.
“Our judiciary must be clean. Our judiciary must consist of judges who cannot be bought” the governor said
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