…indeed a lesson to all politicians.

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Below are the words of Hon. Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, Chief Justice of Nigeria.
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“The long and short of it is that this was no case. The Governor, as a government official within the period his tax was in dispute cannot be held responsible if there is any discrepancy in the tax clearance certificate issued to him by the tax authorities. That his tax was being deducted at source as a government official should not have been in dispute. All other matters rest on this and they are all equally dismissed.”
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After delivering the judgment on the case between Ogah & Ikpeazu…
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“POLITICIANS SHOULD LEAVE THE JUDICIARY ALONE. HOW CAN FOUR PERSONS WANT TO BE GOVERNOR OF ABIA STATE AT THE SAME TIME?
IF WE DESTROY THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY, THERE MAY NOT BE A COUNTRY CALLED NIGERIA.
YOU WONT MANAGE YOUR AFFAIRS WELL AND YOU TURN AROUND TO PUT THE HEAT ON THE JUDICIARY.
LET ME SAY THAT THERE WAS A SERIOUS SECURITY BREACH IN THIS MATTER. WE WILL INVESTIGATE IT. WHY WOULD ANYONE BE INTERESTED IN WHO IS WRITING WHICH JUDGMENT?
WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS WITH THAT?
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE WINNER AT A TIME”.