A non-political group, United Nigeria Group, on Monday, said the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria was “unconstitutional”.
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It is understandable that the Nigeria political terrain has become this charged as it is only about six months to the general elections. While all the elections are important, the most significant remains the Presidential election.
While we are basking in the euphoria of defections that have recently filled the polity, we must remain focused on the issues. It does appear that so far the leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, has benefited the most from the gale of defections.
It is unfortunate that despite successive government cry of wanting to stop corruption, no one has thought that this tradition of giving gifts to electorate during elections have put in our DNA the tendency to be corrupt.
Otherwise, how else can anyone describe the deceitful and hypocritical action taken by him when he renamed June 12, the new Democracy Day after celebrating this year’s democracy day on May 29, 2018 and the presumed winner of that inconclusive election, the late Chief MKO Abiola, conferred with the highest national honour in the land, the GCFR, an honour reserved only for former Heads of States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria!
As someone with great admiration for the former Vice President and who has preached his suitability for the Presidency of Nigeria at such a time like this when our unity is threatened, I was in a hurry to read through the publication, hoping to find what was greater than corruption that Mohmmed Lawal was talking about. I could infer from the tone of the writing the anger in the heart of the responder and this betrayed his sincerity.
But can we stop for a moment and listen sincerely to what this individual is saying? Can we take a look at our own system and analyze how well we have done, how much we have progressed? We all have this consensus that the Nation has not met her potentials. I saw on Omojuwa’s Twitter handle the other day, where he stated: “When you read up on Nigerian’s history, it just feels like this country got frozen in time. The same problems over half a century. Kilode?”