ALLIED PEOPLES MOVEMENT KICKS AGAINST JUSTICE COKER’S RE-CONSTITUTED TRIBUNAL PANEL IN OGUN

The All Progressives Congress, APC, had earlier filed a motion asking the President to disband the Panel, while the Secretary of the Tribunal, Nyior Henry Sekulla, later confirmed that there was reshuffle across the country and that Ogun State was affected.

Penpushing further reports that, the National Chairman of  the opposition party, while further speaking  alleged that the dismissal of the initial panel was targeted at frustrating the petition of the party against the emergence of Prince  Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress(APC), as the Governor-Elect of Ogun State.

The party boss also alleged that Justice Coker was appointed a judge in Lagos by both Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Vice President, Yemi  Osinbajo who are stakeholders in the ongoing petition at the tribunal, adding  that All Progressives Congress(APC’s) motion heralded the exit of Justice Onyeabo’s panel via a motion dated 15th April 2019 wherein the Party prayed, amongst others, the disbandment of the panel.

Penpushing also reports that, Dantalle pointed out that, despite the fact that the motion was slated for hearing on the 8th of May, ‘a memo was believed to have been received by the Tribunal that the panel be disbanded and replaced with new one.’

The leadership of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) said that the timing of the decision of the Court of Appeal and the choice of the new Tribunal panel brings to bear that fact that the whole process seems predetermined.

The petition stated , “Obviously, their craftily contrived application not only envisaged Adekunle AbdulKabir Akinlade/APM’s petition no EPT/OG/GOV/01/19 but demanded a complete change of members of the Panel, and in their place, “a new panel”. My Lord, to this end, the new Panel is totally unacceptable to the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM).

“I have, within the narrow paginations in this petition/Complaint against the unfair, wrong, and mischievous dismissal of Omyeabo’s panel provided the basis/grounds/reasons why this newly contrived panel should be done away with’.

“Politicians of influence and particularly those in the exalted offices must not be allowed to interfere with the due administration of Justice. Their obvious design is to engender injustice against APM and her governorship candidate’.

“It is for the reason given above and many more that I, as National Chairman of Allied People’s Movement, APM, respectively urge your Lordship to disband the newly constituted panel led by Justice Adenike Coker and reconstitute a new one in the interest of Justice.”