By Adebiyi Adedapo in Abuja
The Nigerians in Diaspora Group for Rule of Law has countered the call for resignation of Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, saying the issues are being deliberately confused to achieve the vindictive goals of some highly placed individuals.
The Nigerians in Diaspora Group for Rule of Law has countered the call for resignation of Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, saying the issues are being deliberately confused to achieve the vindictive goals of some highly placed individuals.
Reacting to the several calls for Saraki’s resignation, including from another United Kingdom -based group, the Nigerians in Diaspora Group for Rule of Law said facts in the public domain clearly prove that the Senate President is the victim of persecution that is being made to look like prosecution for alleged corruption offences.
Cordinator of the group, Collins Achaluda, in a statement issued on the behalf of the umbrella body of Nigerians in the UK, United States, Asia and other parts of Europe, urged Nigerians to demand prosecution of public officers that are being accused of corruption as opposed to their being persecuted.
“The supposed trial of Dr Bukola Saraki was already concluded and a guilty verdict passed in the media and court of public opinion before the Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting properly got underway. The conduct of the Tribunal Chairman, Mr Danladi Umar, has clearly betrayed the secret trial that has been held with a verdict already agreed to going by the way he regularly suffers outbursts of rage whenever Saraki’s defence counsels table facts before him.
“Those citing the example of the former Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, who resigned over the Panama Papers affair are being clever by half as they failed to also mention the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, who has continued in office despite protests for him to step down after being linked to offshore assets in the Panama Papers leak.
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