Justice Abang acting as persecutor against Metuh – Fayose

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has accused Justice Okon
Abang of a Federal High Court, Abuja of acting more like a
persecutor in the case of former National Publicity Secretary of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, saying that
he has ridiculed Nigeria by causing an accused to be brought to
court on a stretcher.

He also called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice
Walter Onnoghen as Chairman of National Judicial Council, NJC, to
look into the allegations levelled against Abang.

The governor, who said it was clear that Justice Abang was out
to satisfy the sinister aim of Metuh’s persecutors, said: “In saner
climes, all that is needed as proof of inability to stand trial due
to ill health is a doctor’s report from duly recognised health
institution and one wonders whether medical report from federal
owned Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra
State should not have been enough to convince Justice Abang that
Metuh was indeed sick.”

In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications
and New Media, Lere OIayinka, Governor Fayose said: “Shame on
Abang. Why didn’t he (Abang) dock Metuh with the stretcher on which
he was brought to court on Monday, despite all his initial
bragging?

“The judge’s utterances during last month’s court appearance
when he was told that Metuh was on admission and could not appear
in court was a clear demonstration of malice and desperation to
convict an accused person at all cost.”

The governor chided the judge, saying it was obvious that
Justice Abang’s only aim was to satisfy the interest of those with
evidence of his corrupt practices.

He said: “When they needed the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT,
Chairman, Danladi Umar to help them convict Senate President Bukola
Saraki, they made the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, to clear him of culpability in the N10 million bribery
allegations levelled against him.

“In April 2016, the EFCC said via a letter by the Secretary of
the Commission, Emmanuel Aremo that ‘after investigating the case
for some time, it became clear that the whole allegation bordered
in the realm of mere suspicion and would be difficult to charge the
CCT judge to court based on the allegation.’ Today, the same Umar
that they cleared has been charged to court by the EFCC on the same
allegation.

“Obviously, they intend to use the criminal charges against the
CCT chairman to blackmail him into doing their sinister bidding of
convicting Senator Saraki at all cost just as they are doing in the
case of Metuh.

“On August 18, 2016, five Appeal Court justices in their
judgment in the case of Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu Vs
Samson Ogah, said Justice Abang committed a rape on democracy.

“If not because of his ability to do hatchet jobs for those
presently holding Nigeria at the jugular, how can a judge like
Abang that has been adjudged severally as giving fraudulent
judgments and acting like Father Christmas still sit in judgment
over cases involving Nigerians?

“We, therefore, call on the CJN, Justice Onnoghen to do
something about Abang to save the bench in the hand of judges like
him.”

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has accused Justice Okon
Abang of a Federal High Court, Abuja of acting more like a
persecutor in the case of former National Publicity Secretary of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, saying that
he has ridiculed Nigeria by causing an accused to be brought to
court on a stretcher.

He also called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice
Walter Onnoghen as Chairman of National Judicial Council, NJC, to
look into the allegations levelled against Abang.

The governor, who said it was clear that Justice Abang was out
to satisfy the sinister aim of Metuh’s persecutors, said: “In saner
climes, all that is needed as proof of inability to stand trial due
to ill health is a doctor’s report from duly recognised health
institution and one wonders whether medical report from federal
owned Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra
State should not have been enough to convince Justice Abang that
Metuh was indeed sick.”

In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications
and New Media, Lere OIayinka, Governor Fayose said: “Shame on
Abang. Why didn’t he (Abang) dock Metuh with the stretcher on which
he was brought to court on Monday, despite all his initial
bragging?

“The judge’s utterances during last month’s court appearance
when he was told that Metuh was on admission and could not appear
in court was a clear demonstration of malice and desperation to
convict an accused person at all cost.”

The governor chided the judge, saying it was obvious that
Justice Abang’s only aim was to satisfy the interest of those with
evidence of his corrupt practices.

He said: “When they needed the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT,
Chairman, Danladi Umar to help them convict Senate President Bukola
Saraki, they made the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, to clear him of culpability in the N10 million bribery
allegations levelled against him.

“In April 2016, the EFCC said via a letter by the Secretary of
the Commission, Emmanuel Aremo that ‘after investigating the case
for some time, it became clear that the whole allegation bordered
in the realm of mere suspicion and would be difficult to charge the
CCT judge to court based on the allegation.’ Today, the same Umar
that they cleared has been charged to court by the EFCC on the same
allegation.

“Obviously, they intend to use the criminal charges against the
CCT chairman to blackmail him into doing their sinister bidding of
convicting Senator Saraki at all cost just as they are doing in the
case of Metuh.

“On August 18, 2016, five Appeal Court justices in their
judgment in the case of Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu Vs
Samson Ogah, said Justice Abang committed a rape on democracy.

“If not because of his ability to do hatchet jobs for those
presently holding Nigeria at the jugular, how can a judge like
Abang that has been adjudged severally as giving fraudulent
judgments and acting like Father Christmas still sit in judgment
over cases involving Nigerians?

“We, therefore, call on the CJN, Justice Onnoghen to do
something about Abang to save the bench in the hand of judges like
him.”