Justice Aboki, Not Mentioned In APC’s Petition Against Supreme Court Justices

The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday, said Justice Abdu
Aboki was not mentioned in the purported petition by the APC
hierarchy against three Justices of the apex court.

Dr Akande Festus, Director of Press and Information Supreme
Court of Nigeria, made the clarification in a statement.

“We need to state that the news that occupied strategic space in
the media yesterday, Wednesday 24th March, 2021, which emanated
from a petition purportedly written by the All Progressives
Congress against three Justices of the Supreme Court never
mentioned the name of Hon. Justice Abdu Aboki even though he is on
the panel of five Justices hearing the appeal that resulted from
the Imo North Senatorial District Bye-Election conducted on 5th
October, 2020.

“The information in circulation is not only wrong but equally
misleading.

“It is pertinent to state that even though the acting chairman
of the APC has issued a disclaimer of the purported petition, there
is still need to keep record straight and also to admonish
litigants, particularly politicians on the need to be guided by
good conscience and decency in all their conducts especially when a
case is before a Court of competent jurisdiction, as such unguided
disposition could send out the wrong signals, Akande stated.

According to the statement, “The Honourable Justices of the
Supreme Court who have always been working assiduously to promote
the rule of law, impartial and seamless dispensation of justice
don’t deserve such orchestrated mudslinging, to say the least”.

The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Thursday, said Justice Abdu
Aboki was not mentioned in the purported petition by the APC
hierarchy against three Justices of the apex court.

Dr Akande Festus, Director of Press and Information Supreme
Court of Nigeria, made the clarification in a statement.

“We need to state that the news that occupied strategic space in
the media yesterday, Wednesday 24th March, 2021, which emanated
from a petition purportedly written by the All Progressives
Congress against three Justices of the Supreme Court never
mentioned the name of Hon. Justice Abdu Aboki even though he is on
the panel of five Justices hearing the appeal that resulted from
the Imo North Senatorial District Bye-Election conducted on 5th
October, 2020.

“The information in circulation is not only wrong but equally
misleading.

“It is pertinent to state that even though the acting chairman
of the APC has issued a disclaimer of the purported petition, there
is still need to keep record straight and also to admonish
litigants, particularly politicians on the need to be guided by
good conscience and decency in all their conducts especially when a
case is before a Court of competent jurisdiction, as such unguided
disposition could send out the wrong signals, Akande stated.

According to the statement, “The Honourable Justices of the
Supreme Court who have always been working assiduously to promote
the rule of law, impartial and seamless dispensation of justice
don’t deserve such orchestrated mudslinging, to say the least”.