By Emma Amaize

KIAGBODO—THE Niger Delta Security Watch Organisation of Nigeria, weekend, alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari has shrunk the judiciary to a paper tiger, crushing the hope of the common man to get succour from that arm of government.

Addressing newsmen in Kiagbodo, Delta State, a leader of the group, Dickson Bekederemo, said that President Buhari boasted during his last presidential media chat that he would not obey court orders to grant bail to the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki (retd) and others, and had kept to his word.
The group urged the judiciary to restore its independence and dignity by taking practical steps to enforce compliance with its orders.

It said that the judiciary could do this by refusing to adjudicate over cases initiated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Department of State Services, DSS and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission ICPC, until Buhari sees the need to obey court orders.

The group recalled that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, former Director General of NIMASA, Mr. Akpobolokemi, and others were being detained indefinitely with Buhari’s tacit approval.

Calling on the National Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings against Buhari for misconduct and bringing the judiciary to disrepute, it said, “The implication is that an accused person who voluntarily surrendered his liberty to the judiciary can only have it back at the instance of President Buhari.”