Ekiti state governor calls for the sack of justice Abang, calls him corrupt

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has
described the controversial Federal High Court,
Abuja judge, Okon Abang as a disgrace to the
judiciary, calling on the National Judicial Council
(NJC) to “save the judiciary from this disgrace
called Okon Abang by showing him the way out of
the bench.”
Governor Fayose, in his reaction to the Appeal
Court judgment, which nullified Abang’s ruling of
the October 14, 2016 and declared it as a fraud,
said; “it is obvious that Justice Abang is
representing the dirty interests of some cabals,
who are protecting him despite the incalculable
damages he has done to the judiciary.”
In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed
by the governor’s Special Assistant on Public
Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, he
said;
“In the face of these indictments by the appellate
court, NJC must wade in and save the judiciary
from Abang.
He said a judge who gives fraudulent judgments is
even more dangerous than armed robbers, adding
that;
“Those running after judges for alleged
corruption and excluding a judge like Abang
may not be far from being the beneficiaries of
his (Abang) fraudulent judgments.”
The governor said “a judge like Abang is a
cankerworm that can destroy the country if not
removed totally before he does further damage to
the polity.”
Governor Fayose said:
“Today again, three justices of the appeal court
descended on Justice Abang, describing his
judgments imposing Jimoh Ibrahim as the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship
candidate in Ondo State and the one affirming
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and the PDP National
Chairman as fraudulent.
“It should be recalled that in June, a five-member
panel of the court of appeal led by Justice
Morenike Ogunwumiju said Abang “raped
democracy” when he annulled the election Abia
State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu and ordered
INEC to issue a certificate of return to Mr. Samson
Ogah without evidence of forgery against Dr.
Ikpeazu. The court went on to say that Abang
embarked on a wild goose chase and that he
spoke from both sides of his mouth.
“These are clear indictments on Justice Abang and
in a civilized society; he ought to have resigned
without the prompting of anyone. Or how can a
judge that has been adjudged severally as giving
fraudulent judgments and acting like Father
Christmas still sit in judgment over cases involving
Nigerians?
“The judiciary, being the last hope of the
common man must therefore be purged of
elements like Abang and NJC must do the
needful by sacking him forthwith so that the
bench can have a new lease of life.