Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has reiterated his stance that Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, orchestrated the removal of former Acting Chief Judge of the state, Justice Elizabeth Asabe Karatu because of her Christian faith.
Bagudu swore in Justice Suleiman Ambursa as Acting Chief Judge of the state on Friday, after the State House of Assembly refused to confirm Karatu as substantive Chief Judge.
Karatu had petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC), alleging that she was denied her rights to confirmation because she is a Christian.
Bagudu denied the allegation, saying that the Assembly refused to confirm Karatu because of alleged alteration of her date of birth and primary school certificate.
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But Fani-Kayode noted in a series of tweets on Sunday that Bagudu oversaw the non-confirmation of Karatu by the state House of Assembly because of her Christian faith and a purported desire to control the state’s judiciary.
He wrote: “I have just spoken to the former Acting Chief Judge of Kebbi state,Justice Asabe Karatu and I confirm that what Gov. Atiku Bagudu did to her was utterly shameful.
“The allegation that she has a fake primary school certificate is false and she has since proved it.
“It was a lie cooked up by the Governor who pressurised the Speaker of the State House of Assembly to reject her after the State Judicial Council had selected her and recommended her for confirmation.
“Even the State House of Assembly itself later did a u-turn and offered to confirm her but the Governor again stopped them from doing so and quickly swore someone else in.
“Karatu has been in the state civil service for 38 years. She served diligently and with integrity. She is a pride to her Zuru people and to Kebbi state generally.
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“Yet Atiku Bagudu wants to destroy her career and ruin her life all because she is a Christian and he is hell-bent on controlling the state judiciary.
“Bagudu has not appointed one Christian as either a Commissioner or Permanent Secretary since he became Governor of Kebbi.
“All that and he expects us to believe that he has no problem with Christians.
“The man is a religious bigot and a misogynist who wishes to control everything and everyone around him.
“I have a message for him: you have used your earthly power to destroy others but the God that we serve will expose you shame you and vindicate Asabe Kataru.
“You will not be Governor forever and you will not escape his wrath. One day He will call you to account and you will pay for the wickedness and evil persecution that you have subjected His children to.”