Former Commissioner for Environment in Lagos State and current National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Muiz Banire, Monday in Ibadan, Oyo State, said that the rule of law will be adhered to strictly in the ongoing Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.
Banire (SAN), disclosed this in an interview with newsmen after he presented two bills – Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill and Whistleblower Bill, to the Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr. Michael Adeyemo.
The bills, which was sponsored by the United Action for Change (UAC), sought domestication of the FOI Act in Oyo State with regard to the challenges identified in the operation of the Act as it exists at the federal level.
Banire, the UAC Convener, stated that the party would not influence the decision of CCT over Saraki or any other court in favour of anybody, adding that people should also know that Saraki was presumed innocent until the proved otherwise by a competent court.
His words: “The strict position of APC is that the rule of law must prevail at all times, regardless of whose ox is gored. People expected APC, for instance, to influence the decision of the court on the governorship elections in Rivers State, Akwa Ibom states and other states. But we said all those days are gone. Whatever the courts deem fit to decide, let them decide.
“We are not going to influence anything because we are supposed to be a government of change. If you want to effect changes, all those little things matter a lot.”
