August 22, 2012 by Agency Reporter
Action Congress of
Nigeria has called on the National Assembly to prevail on President
Goodluck Jonathan to recall the suspended President of the Court of
Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami.
The party urged the
lawmakers to “rise above partisanship and stand on the side of
constitutionality” by ordering Salami’s recall in line with the
recommendation of the National Judicial Council.
Salami was suspended in August 2011 after his face-off with former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu.
In a statement on
Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the
ACN said by continuing to disregard the recommendation of the NJC,
Jonathan “is sending a bad signal to the entire world that the rule of
law has 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”.
The party added that
this had also “contributed in no small measure to Nigeria being classed
among the most corrupt nations on earth”.
It drew the attention of
the National Assembly to the fact that the President’s handling of
Salami’s issue “has destroyed the principle of separation of powers as
enshrined in our Constitution; reduced the NJC to an appendage of the
executive arm of government and made an imperial President of Goodluck
Jonathan in clear violation of the constitution”.
The party said, “The National Assembly
should not stand by and allow President Jonathan and some misguided
scoundrels in pursuit of personal vendetta to destroy our Judiciary.”
SOURCE: The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper 22 August 2012.
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