Cyriacus Nnaji
The petition, according to him,
is over what he called misconduct and dereliction of duty by the Honourable Justice
of the Federal High Court.
The content of his release to the
media read: “A case of misconduct and dereliction of duty against Honourable Justice
M. Liman of the Federal High Court, Kano Division (formerly of the Federal High
Court, Lagos Division) dated January 3rd, 2022 by Pastor Peters
Omoragbon, Gubernatorial Candidate of the National Conscience Party at the 2020
Edo State Governorship Elections.”
Speaking further, Omoragbon
disclosed what transpired “The National Conscience Party instituted an
Independent legal dispute against INEC and the AG of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria on May 5, 2020, through Originating Summons with an Affidavit of
Urgency. This case was not heard until October 13, 2020, where all the parties
adopted their written submissions and judgement reserved till December 18, 2020.
Even though the bureaucratic bottlenecks constituted a stumbling block to my
aspiration as Governor in the Edo State Elections, I was very hopeful that no
matter the undue delay, justice would eventually be served.
“It must be recalled that prior
to the Edo State Governorship elections in 2020, INEC had ignominiously
deregistered some political parties including the NCP. This led to a series of
legal disputes against the INEC and judgement awarded against INEC, some of
which are pending rulings at the Supreme Court.”
“Ladies and gentlemen of the Press, as at
today January 3rd, 2022, the ruling that was to be given on December 18, 2020,
is yet to be delivered by Justice M. Liman,” Omoragbo lamented.
Omoragbo maintained that Justice
Litman’s action was a deliberate act of dereliction of duty “I am constrained
by circumstances beyond my control to call this Press Conference over the
deliberate act of dereliction of duty by Honourable Justice M. Liman over the
legal dispute instituted by our Party, the National Conscience Party against
INEC and the Attorney General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He said it was in the light of
the obvious challenge that he directed his legal team to petition the Honourable
Justice “It was in the light of this abuse of office that I directed my Legal
Team led by Barrister Marcus Eyarhono Esq to formally petition Justice M. Liman
to the National Judicial Council for his dereliction of duty.”
Omoragbo said Nigeria is becoming
a laughingstock due to what he called lack of transparency “Every day, Nigeria
is made a laughingstock by other nations of the world by our lack of
transparency and corruption in high places. Whose interest is being served by
the inaction of Justice M. Liman if not that of INEC and by extension the
Attorney General of the Federation? When will the Nigerian judiciary be separated
from the executive branch?” He queried.
While displaying the certified copies
of the petition, he urged the press to hold every branch of government
accountable “May I end this Press briefing by imploring the Press to please,
hold every branch of government accountable, from the Executive, the
legislative and the Judiciary.”
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