By Ayodele Oni
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has called on the National Judicial Council, (NJC) and anti graft agencies to probe the judgement of the election petition tribunal which handled Osun state governorship petition.
Reacting to the judgement, which nullified the election of Governor Ademola Adeleke on Friday, in a statement in Abuja, Frank described the majority judgement of the Election Petition Tribunal as highly questionable.
According to him, the verdict fell short of expectations and does not reflect the will of the majority of the people of Osun that freely elected Senator Adeleke as Governor.
He called on the NJC to urgently cause a probe of the verdict with a view to restoring Adeleke’s mandate as well as penalizing any of the tribunal members found to have compromised on integrity.
He also called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to urgently investigate the judges, who wrote the majority judgement and prosecute those found to have based their decision on other considerations, rather than the true facts canvassed during the hearing of the case.
The former APC scribe also advised the United States of America to place a visa ban on the Osun Tribunal Judges found to have used their highly exalted position as arbiters to derail and frustrate the growth of democracy in the country.
He commended the Judge who wrote the minority judgement for sticking to the truth and siding with the wishes and aspirations of Osun people that elected Adeleke during the last governorship election.
Frank urged the people of Osun to remain calm and law abiding with the certainty that the mandate they freely gave to Adeleke would be retrieved at the Appellate Court.
He vowed that Nigerians will not fold their arms and watch any attempt to use the judiciary to again steal Adeleke’s mandate through the backdoor.
, Timi Frank, has called on the National Judicial Council, (NJC) and anti graft agencies to probe the judgement of the election petition tribunal which handled Osun state governorship petition.){kind=link}