Farooq Kperogi, a Nigerian professor living in the United States, and other individuals have received warnings not to speak negatively about the country’s courts.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the caution was issued by the Guardians of Democracy and Rule of Law, a group of attorneys, in a statement released on Tuesday by its secretary, M.I. Gardo.
According to the group, Kperogi and a few disloyal Nigerians have been waging smear campaigns against the judiciary, especially since the Kano governor Abba Yusuf was ousted from office by an appeal court order.
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The group claimed that despite political actors’ intimidation, the court’s decision was “impartial, independent, and strong.”
Thus, the group made a plea to Nigerians to oppose any effort to disparage and weaken the legal system.
The statement reads: “As a body of lawyers dedicated to the defence of the rule of law and democracy in Nigeria, we wish to draw the attention of the vast majority of Nigerians to the implication of the actions of Kperogi and others on the reputation and integrity of the court of appeal.
“While it is succinct to state that the Justices of the Court of Appeal delivered a sound judgment in line with the provisions of the law, the diatribe perpetuated by the NNPP and its hirelings like Kperogi and others smacks of mockery and an attempt to ridicule the judiciary.
“It must be stated that Abba Kabiru Yusuf’s nomination as the Candidate of the NNPP for the March 18 Kano State Governorship election was in clear breach of Section 177(1c) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.”
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It added: “We urge the NNPP group to immediately sever every tie with the movement.
“This anti-democratic tendency of the group has been much evident in the serial campaigns of calumny and tantrums it has continued to throw at the respected honourable justices of the Court of Appeal instead of towing the path of democracy and rule of law by appealing the judgement if it is dissatisfied with the ruling.
“We further observed that the ultimate aim is to cause disrepute to the Justices of the Court of Appeal and discredit the judiciary’s impartiality in Nigeria.
“This action is an affront and an assault that must be rebuffed.”
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