Ekiti rigging activities.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity,Eyinnaya
Abaribesaid all the reasons for not wanting to get Obanikoro confirmed
by APC Senators were still allegations and until he is proven
otherwise by a competent law court.
Eyinnaya said"There are allegations against Senator Musiliu Obanikoro,
but in our law and the constitution of Nigeria, anything that is a
mere allegation that is not a court decision is nothing but a mere
allegation. The laws of Nigeria is very clear; you are innocent until
proven guilty, so that is what played out on the floor of the Senate.
The Senators who addressed the press conference and spoke otherwise of
Senator Obanikoro are enjoying a privilege. This is because some of
them have EFCC cases, and they are still in the senate because of this
privilege of being innocent until proven guilty. So they cannot go to
a press conference, and try to convict somebody when the person has
not been convicted by a court of law. The Senate is not a court of law
and even when the Senate conducts its own investigation, it passes it
to the appropriate body for prosecution"
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