We, the 100-Lawyers of Consciences and the undersigned/listed members of the above named professional organization at the end of our Annual General Meeting held on 30th December, 2009, and after a surgical appraisal of the comatose state of the nation and abysmal performance of the present government in Nigeria in this outgoing year 2009, due to the ill-health and the resultant incapacity of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, hereby make the following resolutions and thus issue this communiqué:-
1. That it is on record that President Yar’Adua and his PDP bakers were fully aware of his serious health condition before he was picked as the Presidential flag-bearer of the PDP and subsequently foisted on the nation through a totally flawed and the worst General Election in the history of Nigeria.
2. That in view of the above fact, it is a great act of wickedness for the innocent Nigerian masses to be made to suffer the negative consequences of this premeditated leadership failure as a result of the greed of a political cabal in the country.
3. That the already impoverished Nigerian populace should not be made to bear any further, the brunt of the President Yar’Adua self-inflicted burden of rulership, which has worsened his health condition.
4. That in as much as we pray for President Yar’Adua’s quick recovery from his current ailment, we boldly state here that it is not at the discretion of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) or the
Attorney-General of the Federation to decide on what interpretation should be given to any of the sections of the Constitution/our Laws or when to apply Sections 144, 145, and 146 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, (CFRN) 1999, but a duty they owe the country and which they MUST carry out .
5. That we condemn in its entirety the jaundiced interpretation of the essence and applicability of Sections 144, 145, and 146 of CFRN, 1999 by the FEC, AG of the Federation or the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremmadu and his co-travelers at the so-called National Assembly, as this sections are not inserted in the CFRN, 1999 for fancy/decoration but to be applied/put into effect in a situation like the one Nigeria currently finds herself.
6. That the absence of President Yar’Adua from the country for more than a month now, without any honest information on his current condition, on account of his ill-health; the current biting fuel scarcity; the confusion being brewed by the swearing in of Justice Katsina-Alu as the new CJN by the outgoing CJN, Justice Kutigi; non-signing of the 2010 Appropriation Act by the President; lack of seriousness on the part of National Assembly particularly with respect to the issues of Constitutional Amendment/Electoral Reform; the lachrymal hardship/growing poverty in the country; the near collapse of governance and increasing constitutional crises in Nigeria among others, are clear manifestation of the incapacity of Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to perform the functions of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
7. That consequent upon the above reality and in the spirit of Rule of Law (one of the so-called 7-point Agenda of Yar’Adua’s government), we hereby join the group of Eminent Nigerians and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to call on the FEC and National Assembly to immediately begin to take steps to give effect to sections 144, 145 and 146 of the CFRN, 1999 now that the ill-health and incapacity of President Yar’Adua has almost paralyzed governance in/and the Nation.
8. That if by the expiration of our ultimatum of 31st January, 2010, President Yar’Adua has not come back to actively assume and perform his functions as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and he neither resigns nor is removed by the National Assembly in the application of sections 144 and 146 of the CFRN, 1999 to enable the Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan be sworn-in
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Ehi Judith Esq. Afolabi Apo Esq.
Taiye Emiye Esq. Okolo Rosemary Esq.
Adebayo Shade Esq. Irabor Sam Esq.
Chukwu Uzoamaka Esq. Lilian Okoh Esq.
Oluwa Olajumoke Esq. Iko Mariam Esq.
Anthony Okoye Esq. Osita Onwukwe Esq.
Henry Osigbeme Esq. Ejiro Akpoghene Esq.
Zainab Bola Esq. Moses Akanno Esq.
Iyidobi Callistus Esq. Dadison Ikpuka Esq.
Innocent Ekpen Esq. Ben Chris Esq.
Okhilwa Osadebe Esq. Uduma Sarah Esq.
Alonu Ifeanyi Esq. Idahosa Nosa Esq.
Iyamu Ehis Esq. Abiri Constance Esq.
Omakor Daniel Esq. Nwaeke Ephraim Esq.
Aholo Patience Esq. Ude Ifeanyi Esq.
Precious Mbreh Esq. Clifford Ebueni Esq.
Jaclyn Odion Esq. Kwesi Gina Esq.
Ojeh Onome Esq. Isege Ihomehe Esq.
Omokide Florence Esq. Ife Cindy Esq.
Okonji Ynonne Esq. Ifoh Brenda Esq.
Aliogo Victor Esq. Hycernt Ubah Esq.
Odia Stacey Esq. Afokwalam Chima Esq.
Nosa Andrew Esq. Habu Audu Esq.
Bashirat Abdul Esq. Obamero Majek Esq.
Agheyere Joshua Esq. Agbon Clement Esq.
Basira Buhari Esq. Onoja Esther Esq.
Onunemuhie Collins Esq. Ganiyu Yusuf Esq.
Aibangbe Nosayaba Esq. Michael Okafor Esq.
Tony Mordi Esq. Akhigbe Joseph Esq.
Boye Ganiyat Esq. Aliyu Galadima Esq.
Idonu Emmanuel Esq. Joy Alero Esq.
Hawau Aliyu Esq. Bayei Nana Esq.
Garba Husseni Esq. Lucky Edobor Esq.
Ibrahim Ahmed Esq. Dirisu Ewijiele Esq.
Sule Momodu Esq. Ejimadu Emmanuel Esq.
Olodia Nathan Esq. Girei Fatai Esq.
Copy To:
a. FEC, AG b. National Assembly
c Inspector General of Police d. S.S.S
e. NBA f. NUJ
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