CJN: Unlike Buhari, Osinbajo has shown he listens, Fayose says

Ekiti State governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has described Acting President Yemi Osinbajo as one who listens unlike President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said this in respect to Osinbajo sending the name of Justice Walter Onnoghen to the senate for confirmation as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

“The action of the Acting President has saved the judiciary in particular and Nigeria in general from unnecessary tension,” Fayose said.

The governor, who said Nigeria will only be great if institutions were allowed to operate without interference, added that; “It is better to build strong institutions that will run on their own than to rely on strong leaders. Look at what is happening in the United States, judgment was delivered and no one waited for President Donald Trump to speak before obeying the judgment. That is how things should run in a normal clime.”

The governor noted this in a statement issued on Thursday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka.

Fayose said, “Five days ago, I called on Acting President Osinbajo to do the needful by simply sending Justice Onnoghen’s name to the Senate as recommended by the NJC and I am glad that Prof Osinbayo, who himself is a lawyer listened to Nigerians and saved the judiciary from crisis.

“On this one, Prof Osinbajo has shown that he listens, unlike President Muhammadu Buhari that has ruled the country like a military dictator. I salute the Acting President.

“Like I have maintained, we didn’t fight for Justice Onnoghen as an individual. What we fought for and still fighting for is the oneness of Nigeria and the sanctity of the judiciary.”

 

 

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