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Kicks against government hosting judges in its facility
By David Ikpashi
LAFIA —AHEAD of the commencement of the governorship election tribunal in Nasarawa state, a group under the auspices of ‘Coalition for justice’ Tuesday called on the tribunal members to remain neutral devoid of government patronage.
Speaking during a peaceful protest in Lafia, the leader of the group, Hon. James A. Allu, the group demanded for neutrality from the tribunal to give the people of the state the confidence and hope that justice would be delivered in Nasarawa.
James Allu who alleged that information obtained by the group accused the state of move to manipulate the tribunal as well influencing the members ahead judgement adding that accepting the use of the state government facilities was already leaving the people with doubts that the tribunal was on the way to compromise.
“We are already aware of how the government has been working tirelessly to influence the judges using some retired Justices in the State” adding that “we, however, believe that the jurist considering their track records will not put their hard earned reputation at stake by falling prey to the observed movements and attempts to influence their judgement in Nasarawa”.
The coalition who claimed to be aware of several attempts to duplicate the INEC certified results legally given to the opposition PDP by the state INEC, and attempts to confuse the tribunal in their judgement, called on all involved to stay away from such illegality as this futile effort of theirs would be resisted.
“We wish to notify all involved to stay away from any attempt to temper with justice as it will only amount to further denting the already challenging image of bthe hallmark placed before already placed Governorship elections petition: Group calls for neutrality among tribunal members in Nasarawa
****Kick against government hosting judges in its facility
By David Odama
LAFIA —AHEAD of the commencement of the governorship election tribunal in Nasarawa state, a group under the auspices of ‘Coalition for justice’ Tuesday called on the tribunal members to remain neutral devoid of government patronage.
Speaking during a peaceful protest in Lafia, the leader of the group, Hon. James A. Allu, the group demanded for neutrality from the tribunal to give the people of the state the confidence and hope that justice would be delivered in Nasarawa.
James Allu who alleged that information obtained by the group accused the state of move to manipulate the tribunal as well influencing the members ahead judgement adding that accepting the use of the state government facilities was already leaving the people with doubts that the tribunal was on the way to compromise.
“We are already aware of how the government have been working tirelessly to influence the judges using some of the retired Justices to to influence.”
“We, however, believed that the jurist consider their track records will not put their hard earned reputation at stake by falling pray to the perceived movements and attempts being made to influence their judgement in Nasarawa.”
The coalition who claimed to be aware of several attempts to duplicate the INEC certified results legally given to the opposition PDP by the state INEC, and attempts to confuse the tribunal in their judgement, called on all involved to stay away from as such attempts would be resisted.
“We wish to notify all involved to stay away any attempt to temper with justice as it will only amount further denting the already challenging image of the state needlessly placed before the international community.”
“We wish to state that despite risk to personal safety, we shall continue to fight injustice and impunity to defend our land. We desire to have a society of equity and not oppression, ”
” Our protest is not about us. It is about our communities. We hereby call on INEC to commit themselves to justice. We call on the judiciary to dispense justice and all organizations involved to ensure that Nasarawa state is not mortgaged further, “the group stated .
“We shall adopt every modern strategy to ensure equity, fairness, and justice are attained. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We want to state that we are caught in an inestimable network of sympathy tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one community directly affects all, “the group declared.
“We wish to state that despite risk to our personal safety, we shall continue to fight injustice and impunity. We desire to have a society of equity and not favouritism
” Our protest is not about us. It is about our communities. We hereby call on INEC to commit themselves to justice. We call on the judiciary to dispense justice and all organizations involved to ensure that Nasarawa state is not mortgaged further, “the group stated .
“We shall adopt every modern strategy to ensure equity, fairness, and justice is attained. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We want to state that we are caught in an inestimable network of sympathy tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one community directly affects all, “the group declared.
