APC’s national chairman and former Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has stated that since Nigeria is no longer a colony, foreign governments should be cautious with how they meddle in the country’s politics.
Oshiomhole’s statement was in reaction to the publications made by the United States Embassy, the UK, European Union, in connection to the suspension of CJN Walter Onnoghen, last Friday.
President Buhari sanctioned Onnoghen’s suspension because he allegedly refused to declare some of his assets when he resumed office some years ago.
After his meeting with the president, Oshiomhole addressed some state house correspondents, on the publications.
He stated, “Those are very valuable contributions that we appreciate. But Nigeria is not a colony. We will not accept any foreign interference in the internal affairs of Nigeria. When they dismiss judges in Europe, judges have been dismissed in the United States when they are found guilty of corruption and the Western world cannot on the one hand when it suits them, describe Nigeria as fantastically corrupt and when a corrupt judicial officer is being charged, people want to interfere.”
He progressed, “Now, if a Chief Justice of the Federation admits that he has breached the law, if a Chief Justice of the Federation admits that he has several foreign domiciliary accounts, even though he also admits that by nature of his office, he is not trader, what is he doing with accounts in British pounds, US dollars and in Euros and to the extent of forgetting that he has those accounts?
“If he has such memory failure about the size of his number of accounts as to fail to declare them, you and I know that not even ignorance is not an excuse in law. So, why are we being hypocritical?”
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