The Action Congress of Nigeria has urged the National Assembly to intervene in the continued suspension of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami.
The ACN, in a statement, said the National Assembly should compel President Goodluck Jonathan to uphold the recommendations of the National Judicial Council by reinstating Salami immediately.
The statement, signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said by continuing to disregard the recommendation of the NJC to reinstate Salami, Jonathan was sending a bad signal to the entire world that the rule of law had been supplanted by the rule of the jungle in Nigeria and it is clear that such a country can never be an investor ‘s destination and has also contributed in no small measure to Nigeria being classed among the most corrupt nations on earth.
The party said Jonathan’s handling of Salami’s issue has destroyed the principle of separation of powers as enshrined in the country’s constitution, reduced the NJC to an appendage of the executive arm of government and made an imperial president of Jonathan in clear violation of the constitution.