Yari planning to influence S’Court judgement by visiting Buhari in Makkah – Marafa
…says Buhari won’t support gov’s ungodly agenda
Ahead of Friday’s judgement of the Supreme Court, Chairman Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Kabiru Marafa, has raised the alarm over alleged attempt to influence the outcome of the ruling.
Marafa said that Governor Abdulaziz Yari’s iftar dinner (breaking of Ramadan fast) with President Muhammadu Buhari in Saudi Arabia was an attempt to influence the outcome of the court.
He noted that Yari and the Emir of Maradun Alhaji Garba Tambari (uninvited) had iftar dinner with President Buhari in Makkah, Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
The Supreme Court had fixed the judgement of the appeals filed by Yari and APC on the ruling of Appeal Court Sokoto on Zamfara APC candidates tussle for Friday.
Ahead of Friday’s judgement of the Supreme Court, Chairman Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Kabiru Marafa, has raised the alarm over alleged attempt to influence the outcome of the ruling.
Marafa said that Governor Abdulaziz Yari’s iftar dinner (breaking of Ramadan fast) with President Muhammadu Buhari in Saudi Arabia was an attempt to influence the outcome of the court.
He noted that Yari and the Emir of Maradun Alhaji Garba Tambari (uninvited) had iftar dinner with President Buhari in Makkah, Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
The Supreme Court had fixed the judgement of the appeals filed by Yari and APC on the ruling of Appeal Court Sokoto on Zamfara APC candidates tussle for Friday.
The governor’s camp had requested the Supreme Court to set aside the judgement of the Appeal Court which upturned the ruling of the Zamfara High Court upon which INEC recognised the candidates nominated by the governor for the last general elections.
Marafa in a statement said, “the uninvited and unwanted company of Yari at this point in time when the Supreme Court had fixed Friday 24 for judgement on Yari and APC Appeal amounts to contempt.”
He called on the Supreme Court justices and the good people of Nigeria to ignore what he called, “Yari’s show of shame”.
Marafa said, “It is all aimed at showing the panel of the esteemed justices and Nigerians that the president is friendly and sympathetic to his ungodly act.
“I can authoritatively say that the president is not with the wicked and unjust, the President stands for fairness and justice to all party members.
“This is illustrated by his (Buhari) call to all aggrieved party members to approach the courts for redress on any injustice meted out on them by the party or any individual.”
He added, “For the avoidance of any doubt, let me state that the president has never been happy with the happenings in Zamfara and he stands with the people of the state on this issue.
“Those dropping his name to influence judgement are his enemies, enemies of democracy, enemies of the people of Zamfara State in particular and the nation in general.
“It is quite disheartening that Governor Yari and the Emir of Maradun will leave their domain on Saturday, the very day 13 people were killed during iftar and the bandits refused to allow the villagers to even bury their loved ones. Yari and the Emir decided to abandon them and travel to Saudi Arabia to dine with the president so that he can get undue advantage.”
Marafa noted that he knows that the president does not support evil and evil doers.
The Zamfara Central Senator urged the esteemed judges of the Supreme Court to discharge their responsibility without fear or favour.
“The president is interested in justice only and not anybody or group of persons,” he said.
He said that no fewer than 13 people were killed on Saturday in Gidan Kaso village of Birnin Magaji local Government area of Zamfara state.
