Supreme Court Finally Opens Up on Verdicts Over Lawan, Akpabio As APC Candidates
- Faroq Kperogi and other critics of the supreme court verdicts on Ahmed Lawan and Godswill Akpabio have been warned
- The former minister of Niger Delta Affairs and the senate president did not participate in their party's senatorial primaries in their constituencies but were declared authentic candidates at the supreme court
- The rulings have received wide criticism from many but the court warned the public to be cautious in the manner they address the judicial officers
FCT, Abuja - The supreme court has cautioned its critics on its verdicts on the former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio; and the senate president, Ahmed Lawan.
The duo did not participate in the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primaries in their constituencies as they went to contest for their party's presidential tickets but they were declared as the authentic candidate of the party at the supreme court, Daily Trust reported.
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What does Supreme Court say about Akpabio, Lawan as APC candidates
The supreme court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Akpabio and Lawan as APC candidates for their senatorial candidates for the February 25 election.
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One of the critics of the verdicts is Faroq Kperogi, a Nigerian professor based in the United States and social commentator.
But in a statement by Festus Akande, the director of press and information of the apex court, it condemned the criticism that it described as "unwarranted attacks on judicial officers".
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The statement alleged that Kperogi's attack on the judgments was to please his unnamed paymasters.
The statement reads in part:
“In an ineptly scripted toxic article, one Farooq Adamu Kperogi, who described himself as a Nigerian-American Professor, decided to plunge into an abysmal pit of irredeemable ignorance by venting convoluted anger on Supreme Court Justices with a view to pleasing his paymasters."
Akande noted that the judges are not political officers neither are they, politicians, thus, the public should be cautious in the manner they address them.
Ex-Imo commissioner for justice faults supreme court ruling on naira redesign policy
Legt.ng earlier reported that Chukwuma Machukwu-Umeh, the former commissioner of justice and attorney general of Imo state, has faulted the ruling of the supreme court on the naira redesign policy of the CBN.
Machukwu-Umeh posited that Godwin Emefiele-led CBN has not gone outside its jurisprudence as it sought the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari to redesign the naira.
The senior advocate maintained that the deadline to retrieve the old naira notes from circulation is within the jurisprudence of the apex bank.
Source: Legit.ng
