Saraki’s acquittal best judicial legacy – Makanjuola

Nigeria’s judicial system had set one of the best legacies with the discharge and acquittal of Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, over alleged false assets declaration, his deputy chief of staff, Hon Gbenga Makanjuola has said.
Makanjuola, a lawyer said the Supreme Court’s judgement which dismissed the allegations against Saraki was an indication that the judiciary remains the last hope of the common man.
He spoke in Omu-Aran, Irepodun local government area of Kwara state on the sidelines of a thanksgiving prayer he organised to commemorate the victory of the senate president at the apex court.
The interdenominational prayer was officiated by the Chief Imam of Omu- Aran, Sheikh Sadiq Afolayan and Rev. Canon Stephen Adeyemi of St.
Paul Anglican Cathedral, Omu- Aran.
Makanjuola explained that the rationale behind the apex court’s verdict is that the rule of law must be adhered to at all times, no matter whose interest is at stake.
“I’m a legal practitioner of 20 years standing.
Out of my 20 years of legal career, I have seen one of the best judicial legacies of our time, judicial pronouncements of our time, judicial decisions of our time.
And this is to let you know that, yes, no matter what you believe in, without your kind of insinuations or assumptions that our Judiciary is still the last hope of a common man, be it high and low.
“That is to let you know that there is hope in our judicial system, because the rationale of that ruling is that the rule of law must be obeyed, whether you are poor or you are rich, whether you are in power or you are not, whoever is involved, let the rule of law take its cause,’ he said.
The state chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Hon.
Ishola Balogun- Fulani, who spoke at the prayer session, said the event was organised to express gratitude and prayer to Almighty God to guide Saraki in his political decisions.
The Director – General of Abubakar Saraki Constituency office, Alh Musa Abdullahi, the state secretary of APC, Hon.
Tunji Ayeni and Kwara South senatorial chairman of the party, Alh Jimoh Balogun, were among the dignitaries present at the prayer session