Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the February 25, poll, Atiku Abubakar, has said public eyes can’t be removed from the judiciary hearing the petitions challenging results of the 2023 general election.
Atiku in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications, Mr. Phrank Shaibu in Abuja on Tuesday, was reacting to the destruction of billboards with inscription “All Eyes on The Judiciary.”
Shuaibu said Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, ARCON, could pull down all billboards carrying the advert across Nigeria, but the public eyes remained on the judiciary.
He condemned the dissolution of the advertising standard panel charged with the duty of ensuring that adverts conform with the laws of the federation as well as the code of advertising ethics of the advertising profession.
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Shuaibu said the entire incident reinforced the argument that election cases in court ought to be completed before inauguration of elected officials.
“The basic principle of social justice is about the people. The advertisers of the bill boards only did what the norm is in civilized climes.
“It was the agents working to impress an interest that read meanings to that innocuous advert.
“Otherwise, it is a basic principle that eyes must be on the wheel of justice.
“Eyes must naturally be on the wheel of justice because when justice is delivered, it must be seen to have been just,” he said.
