The Presidency has advised journalists and
other Nigerians to stop linking President
Muhammadu Buhari to the legal travails of
some recently arrested Judges in the country.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President
on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu,
said President Muhammadu Buhari would be
the last person to authorise anybody to
induce a Judge to pervert the course of
justice.
Malam Shehu recalled that, despite his
personal familiarity with some court Judges,
the President had never used that familiarity
to seek favours from them from 2003, 2007
and 2011 when he was challenging the
fairness of the presidential election results
during the periods in question.
The Senior Special Assistant also explained
that, as a politician, Buhari had never once
ever suggested to his lawyers to approach
any Judge for assistance to win his cases.
He said the President lives by this principle
and has never deviated from it.
On the fate of the Judges facing corruption
allegations, the Presidential Media Aide said
the President doesn't tell Courts how to do
their jobs and that anybody accused of
corruption is protected by law to defend their
innocence.
He explained that the purpose of the law is
to punish the guilty and acquit the innocent,
noting that the law projects the rights
everyone.
Shehu stressed that the President doesn't
have any powers to force any court to convict
anybody who is innocent, arguing that in a
democratic society, that cannot happen
without resistance by the people.
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