Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi
Bauchi State PDP Caucus in the House of Representatives, has called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the affected Judges that delivered the judgement on Bauchi Governorship election in 2023 to demand that former Speaker Yakubu Dogara recant his allegation, apologise to the judiciary, the President and the country and undergo counselling to purge him of failure induced melancholy.
This was contained in a statement by Hon. Mansur Manu Soro, representing Darazo/Ganjuwa Federal Constituency, Chairman, and Hon. Sani Ibrahim Tanko, representing Shira/Giade Federal Consistency, as Secretary of the Caucus respectively.
Other members were Hon. Aliyu Aminu Garu ( Bauchi), Hon. Bappa Aliyu Misau (Misau/Dambam) Hon. Adamu Hashimu Ranga, (Ningi/Warji), Hon. Auwalu Audu Gwalabe (Katagum federal) and Hon Mohd Dan Abba Shehu (Zaki).
The Caucus which made the call in statement titled:’Dogara’s cheap path to Tinubu’s Heart’, stated that, “We further call on the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to take steps to discipline Hon. Dogara for betraying the fundamental principles, values and ethics of the Association through his allegation on Justices of the Supreme Court.
“By insinuating that the President gives them directive on how and who to give favourable judgment to, through his naked dance in the public, Dogara has cast the most damaging aspersion on the integrity of our judiciary.
“It is disturbing enough to accuse the judiciary of partiality or miscarriage of justice. But when a former Speaker of the House of Representatives pointedly suggests that the President of the country could be a vehicle for the miscarriage of justice, that is a terrible situation. We condemn this extreme desperation on the part of Dogara.”
