The President of the Nigeria Bar Association—NBA, Mr Yakubu Maikyau, has said campaigners of the ‘All Eye On The Judiciary’ are plotting to set the country on fire.
He stated this in an interview aired by Arise Television.
“When you make bare allegations, unsubstantiated allegations, you are hurting the very fabric upon which this country I held together,”
“Because once the people do not accept the judiciary, once public confidence in the judiciary is eroded, then you will not have a country in place. You will only have anarchy and chaos.”
“You go all out there and make generalised statements about how corrupt they are. If you have evidence, come out and say it. You are even worse than a judicial officer who is practising corruption or who indulges in corrupt practices when you have the evidence, and you refuse to let us know. Because you are destroying the fabric of the system that holds this country together.”
Maikyau further added that the judiciary “has been pauperised” and “has been ill-treated,” yet “they have demonstrated their strength of character.”
Also, the NBA chairman reaffirmed his initial call for all ‘All Eyes On The Judiciary’ campaigners accusing the judiciary of corruption to come forward with evidence as this will help to fish out the bad eggs.
“I’ve said it in different fora; if you have any evidence against any judicial officers, please let us have it,” noted the NBA president. “We will pursue the judicial officers. Of all the judicial officers in this country, how many have been convicted of corruption?”
Recall that the judiciary has been in the eye of the storm after the presidential candidate of the Labour Party–LP, Mr Peter Obi and his PDP counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar filed petitions challenging President Tinubu’s victory in the last election.
Following the past antecedents of the Judiciary in the previous election cases, angry Nigerians have warned that any attempt by the judiciary to subvert justice will be resisted by all means.
