{"id":54595,"date":"2024-10-18T22:01:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T22:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/coalition-raises-alarm-over-alleged-move-by-politicians-to-blackmail-judiciary\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T22:01:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T22:01:28","slug":"coalition-raises-alarm-over-alleged-move-by-politicians-to-blackmail-judiciary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/coalition-raises-alarm-over-alleged-move-by-politicians-to-blackmail-judiciary\/","title":{"rendered":"Coalition raises alarm over alleged move by politicians to blackmail judiciary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Coalition Against Corruption and Injustice, CACI, in Nigeria, has raised concerns over alleged plots by some desperate politicians to compromise the independence of the Nigerian judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>This followed a recent call by a group, Joint Action for Democracy, JAD, demanding the removal of Justice John Tsoho, Justice Peter Lifu, and Justice James Omotosho due to the political crisis rocking Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that the three justices had in recent times issued orders regarding the crisis in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the call for their removal, the coalition in a statement signed by Prince Livinus Itodo, accused loyalists of the Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara of masterminding the call.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the call by the Joint Action for Democracy, JAD, \u201cis a thinly veiled attempt to undermine the judiciary\u2019s integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement read: \u201cThe judiciary is a sacred institution, essential to our democratic system. Its independence and impartiality are non-negotiable. If we allow politicians\u2019 tactics to succeed, the consequences will be far-reaching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe judiciary\u2019s integrity will be compromised, leading to widespread disillusionment with the justice system. The independence of the judiciary is crucial to our democratic system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompromising this independence will have devastating consequences for our democracy. A compromised judiciary will create an environment where injustice thrives and the rule of law is disregarded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coalition raises alarm over alleged move by politicians to blackmail judiciary<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coalition Against Corruption and Injustice, CACI, in Nigeria, has raised concerns over alleged plots by some desperate politicians to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25414,4425,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coalition-against-corruption-and-injustice","category-judiciary","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}