A political economist and former presidential candidate, Prof Pat Utomi, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should bury his head in shame over comment made by Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf.

The latter upon the affirmation of his victory by the Supreme Court had commended Tinubu saying the President came under pressure to influence the decision of the apex court but didn’t cave in.

That statement, Utomi in an interview with Punchng said was an indictment of the President and the judges saying, “That is why I told you that the political class does not realise what it is doing to Nigeria and to itself. It may think it is getting away with it now.

“The political class has destroyed the judiciary. Very few people will take the judiciary seriously. Foreign investors will tell you that this is one of the reasons they won’t invest in Nigeria because when there is a trade dispute, they can’t be sure that they will get justice from the legal system.

“I was on social media one day and I heard a governor or somebody saying he was thanking God that Tinubu could have asked the judiciary to rule against him, but he chose not to do so, and that he was grateful to him (Tinubu). Are judges not ashamed to hear this kind of statement?

“Even the man that they are thanking should be ashamed to hear that kind of statement because people will believe that he can influence the judiciary. I don’t know whether it is true or a lie, but I feel ashamed that such can be said by a person.”

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