Ours is a government committed to democratic practice, fairness, rule of law and due process and we will abide by whatever pronouncement the courts make on this issue.
—Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, Governor of Ondo State, on the legal tussle over the sack of council chairmen in the state.
We should not give Nigerians the impression that because someone is related to a big man in the society, then such an individual can ignore court orders. There are so many innocent persons in prison awaiting trial, while a convicted person is allowed to walk about freely.
— Justice Deborah Oluwayemi of the High Court of Lagos State, berating Mr. Marvel Akpoyibo, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, for his refusal to arrest actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima, who has been convicted for manslaughter.
It is a government that is not interested in the welfare of the people that will deregulate and then allow private marketers, who are only interested in their own enrichment, to control oil prices.
—Eminent lawyer, Professor Itse Sagay, SAN, condemning President Yar’Adua’s decision to remove fuel subsidies.
Well, my then Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has something to do with Jefferson, which is part of the case in America. I don’t know whether corruption has been proved or not, but he had questions to answer.
— Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on corruption in government under him.
I know that this man (Yar’Adua), to the best of my knowledge, for now is a good person. But he himself knows that being a good person alone does not make you effectively successful and a great president. You need more than that.
— Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, assessing the Yar’Adua administration.
I will rather do for my state what will make people to put flowers on my grave than do that which will make them to curse my bones.
— Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, on how he wants to be remembered after office.
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