…Senate adjourns plenary to June 6 for valedictory session
Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, Thursday, accused wealthy
Nigerians of buying court judgments.
Lawan made the allegation during the confirmation of Justice
Abaze Abubakar Sadiq as the President of the Customary Court of
Appeal, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
He said the Judiciary should always be firm and ensure that
justice is delivered without fear or favour in the interest of the
people.
Sadiq was confirmed as President, Customary Court of Appeal, FCT
following a motion by Lawan.
The Senate Leader moved that the Senate should suspend its rules
to confirm the nominee.
It was described as the fasted confirmation hearing ever held by
the Eight Senate.
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided, read
President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter nominating Sadiq for the
position yesterday.
The Senate suspended its relevant rules to conduct the
confirmation due to lack of time.
Lawan said: “This is a very clear demonstration of how the three
tiers of government can work cordially and productively. We have by
this action suspended our rules in the interest of the people of
this country and the judiciary. So I believe that there is sense in
trying at all the times ensure that we work in a cordial manner. We
have given the judiciary something in the interest of the
country.
“The judiciary you are expected by Nigerians to be firm, to be
fair, to be committed to those ideals that the founding fathers of
this country worked and died for; that is to make life better for
every Nigerian.
“Ours is a society where people who have so much money buy
judgements. I think that is not the type of society that we want.
We want a society where those at the lowest line, the vulnerable,
the disadvantaged, can go to court and get judgement because they
deserve to get those judgements regardless of their socio economic
status.
“So I want to pray for you and for all us that this nomination
that we are going to confirm by the grace of God will be a blessing
and an additional advantage to the judiciary and the people of this
great country.”
Sadiq was not asked any question by senators.
The Senate adjourned plenary to June 6th, 2019 to hold its
valedictory session.
The chamber was almost deserted as there were less than 20
senators in the chamber of 109 senators.