{"id":16556,"date":"2017-10-26T19:18:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T19:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=16556"},"modified":"2017-10-26T19:18:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T19:18:28","slug":"court-subpoena-its-an-attempt-to-ridicule-goodluck-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=16556","title":{"rendered":"COURT SUBPOENA: IT&#8217;S AN ATTEMPT TO RIDICULE GOODLUCK JONATHAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">THE Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide, has described the subpoena on former President Goodluck Jonathan to appear before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja as a political persecution.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The group said although there was nothing with asking the former president to appear before a judicial court of law, the motive behind the subpoena is mischievous and an attempt to ridicule him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThe media is awash with the news that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, presided over by Hon Justice Okon Abang has ordered Former President Jonathan through subpoena due testicum to appear in the Court.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cOrdinarily the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide would not have reacted to the order as it is customary under our laws for the courts to subpoena anybody, the motive behind the invitation is far from what the laws have prescribed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cTo us, the invitation is made with mischief as same is not only made mala fide<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">but also calculated to embarrass the person and office of President Goodluck Jonathan,\u201d IYC President, Barr Roland Oweilaemi Pereotubo, noted.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Media aide to Pereotubo, Alaowei Cleric, in a statement made available to journalists\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_362659360\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span>, averred that the subpoena on a former president was first of its kind in the history of the country.<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=14837&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThis is the first of its kind in the history of this country and same should not be allowed to happen.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cIt is an affront to the person of President Jonathan for a court to invite him in such a humiliating manner, especially when it is glaring that the intent and purposes for the subpoena is to use the instrumentalities of the judicial powers to persecute the man in order to put him to public disrepute.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe will not allow that to happen. This is an insult to the Ijaw people. Those who want to ferment strife in the Country should not use the sanctity of the judiciary to prosecute their aims.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cJonathan\u2019s acceptance of election defeat should not be taken as cowardice, but a reflection of true statesmanship.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThis present government owes a duty in all moral fronts to respect the person of President Jonathan for the sacrifices he has made to keep us united.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cNo former president of this country has ever been openly humiliated the way and manner this present government is persecuting Jonathan\u2019s family.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cLet it not be seen as an offense for Jonathan to peacefully hand over power to President Buhari,\u201d he enthused.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">IYC further urged the judge who \u201cissued that vexatious order,\u201d to have a \u201crethink for the sake of our peaceful co-existence.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\">While calling on President Muhammadu Buhari and other former presidents to intervene, the group warned that \u201cthe Ijaw nation will not sit idly by and allow her son to be publicly humiliated in such a despicable manner,\u201d adding that \u201cthis has never happened in this country and we will not allow it to start with our son.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/JONATHAN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16365\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/JONATHAN-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/JONATHAN-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/JONATHAN.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Worldwide, has described the subpoena on former President Goodluck Jonathan to appear before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja as a political persecution. 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