Nigeria’s most bizarre judicial charade of the season, Federal High court in Abuja presided over by Chief Judge Dan Abutu endorsed the current vacuum created in the country by the continued absence of 'President' Umaru Musa Yar’Adua from his post. The suit filed late last week (January 7 2010) by Mr. Amobi Nzelu, an Abuja based lawyer acting in conjunction with the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mike Aondoakaa, who was personally present in the court, declared that there is no vacuum whatsoever in the discharge of the functions of the President’s office.
The order of the court merely rubber-stamped the status quo ante-the stubborn refusal by ailing Yar'adua to hand over to his deputy, Goodluck Jonathan. Jonathan reportedly fell for the scam this time around!
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Meanwhile, three other cases filed by litigants requesting Dan Abutu's court to determine the status Yar'adua's capacity to continue in office have suffered several adjournments and delay before the same judge. For example, the case instituted by Femi Falana was filed on December 9 2009! The case will come up tomorrow in Abuja!
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