The members of the House of Representatives under the minority caucus have called for stiffer measures against the Appeal Court justices as they sacked the Plateau lawmakers.
The Minority caucus Leader in the House of Representatives, Chinda Kingsley, who stated this on Tuesday in Abuja, called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to punish the justices that handled the cases to serve as deterrents to other judges who might consider similar actions in the future.
It should be recalled that in November 2023, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja sacked all 16 members of the PDP in the Plateau State House of Assembly over pre-election matters, citing alleged disobedience of court order and lack of political structure.
Before then, the appeal court had also removed four PDP members of the House of Representatives and other two senators from the state.
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The Federal Lawmaker also congratulated opposition parties on the Supreme Court’s judgment that reinstated and upheld the victory of opposition governors, including Dr Alex Otti of Abia, Pastor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom, Sen. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, Alhaji Abba Yusuf of Kano State, Mr Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State, and Mr Lawal Daudu of Zamfara State.
“We commended the Supreme Court Justices for ensuring that the sanctity of the votes of the people of these states was not compromised.
“These decisions have renewed the faith of Nigerians in the judiciary as it has demonstrated that it is the last hope of the common man,” Kingsley said.
He noted that it was necessary to talk about the decisions of the Court of Appeal that sacked several PDP legislators on questionable grounds. According to Kingsley, these same grounds were used by the Supreme Court to set aside the judgments which are regarded as a miscarriage of justice or justice done out of malice.
