The South-East Pro-Democracy Advocacy Group (SPAG), Wednesday, held a rally at the office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria over an alleged plot to compromise the Appeal Court.
The group alleged that some powerful and desperate individuals from the Southeast are on a a vicious mission to truncate the will of the people in Imo and Abia States respectively.
The group in a statement co-signed by Comrade Emeka James Okosisi and Mazi Jideoffor Agwurumbaike, President and Secretary respectively, said: “We are gathered here today to bring to the notice of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, President, Court of Appeal, and members of the National Judicial Council that democracy is under threat in Imo and Abia state, where some individuals have vowed to truncate the will of the people through unnecessary interference in the activities of the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in the states.
“They have vowed to influence the outcome of the Elections Petition Tribunal using all means necessary, including compromising the well-respected Justices of the Court of Appeal and members of the National Judicial Council.
“As stakeholders in the Nigerian project, our faith in the judiciary remains unflinching; hence, this protest rally to call on the relevant authorities to act in good faith to save democracy in Imo and Abia state.
When judges and court officials are compromised, it results in the abuse of power, and the delivery of justice is compromised. ”
The group, therefore, appealed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria and other honorable members of the National Judicial Council to act in the interest of Nigerians by investigating the outcome of the Election Petition Tribunal in Imo and Abia States.
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