HURIWA Commends Tribunal On Osun Guber

Apro-democracy and nongovernmental organisation, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has applauded the Osun state governorship election petition tribunal for restoringfaithinthejudiciaryasthe last hope of the common man by returning the candidate of the opposition political party- Peoples Democratic Party Senator Ademola Adeleke as winner of the September 27th poll.

HURIWA in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by its national coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko stated that the current administration has carried out systematic attacks against the judiciary using all sorts of backhand tactics and illegally deploying the Department of state Services (DSS); and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and lately the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) presided over by the allegedly compromised Chairman.

It added that the chairman, who illegally granted an ex parte order that unconstitutionally unseated the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen all in attempts to cow the judges and get them to always give choreographed verdicts in favour of the party in power at the center, adding that the judgment by the election tribunal is reassuringly bold and is in compliance with rule of law.

HURIWA noted that the verdict was not just for the oppo- sition political party but was a celebration of the virtues of transparency, accountability and courage just as the group expressed optimism that the judgment will in a very significant way redress the massive injustice meted out to the electorate in Osun state by the corrupt Independent National Electoral Commission just as the Rights group demanded that the INEC collation officials who thwarted the will of the people be prosecuted for treason.