President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday reacted to the
Supreme Court’s acquittal of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki,
saying the nation’s judicial system is working despite the challenges
it is facing.
He said no one should be allowed to undermine or break the judicial system.
Buhari said this in a statement made available to journalists by his
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
The President noted that Saraki took what he described as the
tortuous path of using the judicial process and persevered until the
highest court in the land pronounced him not guilty.
Buhari recalled that he himself took the same path in the three
elections during which he claimed he was rigged out before finally
making it at the fourth attempt.
The President said, “I have seen many instances where individuals and
groups seek the destruction of the judicial institution in the foolish
thinking of saving their skin, instead of going through the painstaking
process of establishing their innocence.
“In the case of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, I have seen him take the tortuous path of using the judicial process.
“He persevered, and in the end, the highest court of the land, the Supreme Court, says he is not guilty as charged.
“This is what I have done in the three elections in which I was
cheated out before God made it possible for me to come here the fourth
time I ran for the office.”
The President said Saraki’s journey from the lowest to the highest
court of the land provided an important example for Nigerians to
emulate.
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