The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has hailed the ruling of the Federal High court presided over by Justice Maha, which restrained the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) from proceeding with what it called ‘arrangee’ back door arraignment of the Chief Justice of the Federation, Walter Onnoghen, describing it as victory for democracy, rule of law and the crash of the ambition of a despot to hang on to power at all cost.
Justice Maha ruled at the Federal High Court on Monday that no steps should be taken in respect of the trial until January 17 when all parties to the two suits should return to court for the hearing of the plaintiffs’ motion on notice.
The CUPP had accused President Buhari of masterminding the arraignment in order to stop Onnoghen from constituting a panel that will ensure that Buhari and his cohorts did not succeed even if the rig the 2019 election.
The coalition therefore called on Nigerians to remain vigilant stressing that the act was perpetrated by men of shame, “who will not rest in their desperate efforts to desecrate all organs of state governance in their bid to save an already wobbling ambition of retaining their supreme non performing master called Buhari.”
The Opposition also called on men and women of good to continue to speak out and resist any move aimed at crippling and intimidating arms of govt or individuals who are not ready to be used to do dirty job of returning Buhari to power without going through a free and fair process, the statement said.
