By Nelson Amaobi Osuala
Sat.06022016. Time 09:01am.
I have chosen the above caption carefully as there seems to be no other way to properly reveal the content and context of Bukola Saraki's express criticism against the supreme court of justice yesterday during his trial.
Information reaching Our Desk has it that the supreme court of Nigeria did yesterday, rule against Saraki in respect to the CCT( Code of Conduct Tribunal) to which the latter (Saraki) argued is not properly constituted to exercise jurisdictional proceedings over him.
It will be recalled that there has been several allegation against the number one man of the first arm of Government since he assumed office as Senate President.
Such allegation centred on accusation of ownership of foreign accounts when he was the Governor of kwara state.
Our correspondence revealed that the supreme Court of Justice did yesterday 5th of February dismiss Bukola Saraki's appeal to stop his case at the CCT.
This ruling by the supreme Court was what led the senate President to express unequivocally and without mincing words, his supposed disappointment against the most elevated court of Justice.
However, Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen who read this judgment said that contrary to the senate President's argument, the Code of Conduct Tribunal ,has all the legal right to exercise juridical action over saraki's trial and that his argument to boycott his case was unacceptable.
In matters as this, we can only wonder who among Bukola Saraki and the supreme Court is telling the truth from their 'church mind?'
Our skeptism lies in the fact that the Law as we know it in Nigeria today is blind as she has on several occasion being harnessed,manipulated and interpreted on basis of self interest and other forms of nepotism and favouritism.
Little wonder why even the sculptural symbol of the law itself is a Blindfolded woman who bears the supposed sword of truth cum a scale on the other hand.
Isn't it therefore obvious that the law is blind to Truth in its unadulterated and holistic nature?
Without much ado, We are furthermore reminded that sometime last year precisely in November 2015, Mahmud Mohammed, the chief Justice himself together with a panel of other seven judges announced the 5th of February as the day of hearing the brief of the counsel to the plaintiff and that of the respondent.
Corroborating and buttressing Saraki's alleged disapointment was his lawyer , Joseph Daodu who further argued in the same vein with saraki his client that the CCT was not a court of competent criminal jurisdiction.
To my mind, he meant that the Tribunal is inexperienced and leprously constituted to exercise jurisdiction over the senate President's trial.
With this kind of thing happening one can only wonder who is telling a lie and why?
Your reactions and comments are welcomed.
Nelson Amaobi Osuala is a Blogger and an Editor in Negroidhaven.
