The Coalition of United Political Parties has declared a
nationwide protest for Friday to coincide with the day the
prosecution of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice
Walter Onnoghen, is expected to start at the Code of Conduct
Tribunal.
The coalition’s spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere, stated this in a
statement on Wednesday.
He was reacting to the arrest warrant issued by the CCT
chairman, Danladi Umar, against Onnoghen.
He said the arrest warrant was a confirmation of the coalition’s
position that the Presidency had intensified efforts to clamp down
on the CJN and use the offensive against him to intimidate the
judiciary and divert attention from the issues of incompetence of
the present administration.
He added that the planned arrest and arraignment of the CJN a
few hours to the election was meant to use “fake anti-corruption
fight” to lure voters into believing the President is fighting
corruption.
He said, “It is ridiculous that a government that has been
promising free and fair elections can be planning to arraign the
country’s CJN on Friday, 24 hours to the country’s presidential
election.
“We see this as a last minute effort to divert attention,
confuse Nigerian voters and cover the President’s incompetence few
hours to the election.
“It is also an attempt to divert attention from electoral
violence being planned by the ruling All Progressives Congress.
“We, therefore, call for a mass protest across the 36 states of
the federation on Friday, being the day scheduled for the
arraignment of the CJN.
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