The Federal Government has refused to reinstate Salami, despite the National Judicial Commission’s recommendation.
Tinubu, in a statement by his spokesperson, Mr. Sunday Dare, on Sunday, said Salami was in trouble because he served his conscience and refused to be part of the gang-up to perverse justice.
He said, "Now, Nigerians know this is part of a larger script to end the career of a courageous judge and amputate justice and subvert the rule of law. Here the Presidency and the PDP are culprits.
"He (Salami) had the temerity to decide cases according to applicable law and fact and this was unacceptable to the ruling party. He let verdicts fall where legality led them. This means some verdicts went against the ruling party. This was enough to make them conspire against him. Now, the PDP has developed a script to intimidate other judges."
Tinubu added, "Even under the years of brutal military dictatorship, laws were being obeyed and the judiciary was not hamstrung. At least, those of us that were in detention got some reprieve by the order of the courts.
"An elected President who himself has been a beneficiary of the protection of the legal protection under the doctrine of necessity that paved the way for Presidency, now leads a power cabal that is disrobing Nigerians of their rights and denying them justice. This is a direct assault against the judiciary.
"Seeing the treatment so roughly handled to a senior Justice like Salami, no other judge will dare act independently and according to the law. They will seek direction from the executive and then concoct flimsy legal arguments to defend what they have been ordered to do. They will come to use the colour of law to undermine justice. Herein lies the danger to us all.
"It is time to select the side that you are on. Either you are for right or for power. You cannot be both because the improper actions of government have precluded such a combination."
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