Ekweremadu Reveals Why Jonathan Withdrew Assent To Amendment of 1999 Constitution At The Last Minute

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Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu has spoken up about how former President, Goodluck Jonathan was misled by the immediate past Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke, into withdrawing his assent to the amended 1999 constitution after he had initially assented to it. Ekweremadu who revealed this while speaking at the 2015 UNIZIK Faculty of Law Public Lecture, as guest speaker, explained that Adoke frustrated the constitution amendment process because of the National Assembly’s refusal to accede to his request to expunge the amendment seeking to separate the office of the Minister of Justice from that of the Attorney General.
Speaking on the topic: “The politics of constitution review in multi-ethnic societies” the DSP blamed embedded ethno-sectional interests and considerations as major stumbling blocks to Nigeria’s quest for a more acceptable constitution.