The lawmaker representing Bayesla West Senatorial District at the National Assembly has described late former president Muhammadu Buhari as a man of integrity and decency.
Dickson gave the description while speaking during the special session conducted in honour of the late former president by the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday.
He said that the late Buhari did his best to avoid meddling in the affairs of the judiciary.
Citing the governorship election case in Bayelsa State, Dickson said that Buhari was already prepared to visit the state before the Supreme Court gave its verdict disqualifying David Lyon as governor of the state.
Recall that the Supreme Court had invalidated the results of the 2019 Bayelsa State gubernatorial elections in its judgement issued on February 13, 2020.
The court in its judgment said that the running mate of the actual winner of the election submitted a confidential certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission.
It further ordered that Diri be issued a certificate of return as governor-elect of
Bayelsa State.
Eulogising the late president on this, Dickson said, “President Buhari to his credit, even when we went to the Supreme Court, to his credit, President Buhari whose advance team was already in Bayelsa for the inauguration of the APC candidate that had been declared officially, he never called the Supreme Court to reverse or to throw away our case.
“Less than 24 hours, he was to go and his advance team was there, the Supreme Court gave a judgement directing that his own candidate of the APC was disqualified. President Buhari obeyed, congratulated us and when he met the governor, he only cracked a joke; “so you and your boss own the judiciary more than me?” he stated.
Continuing, the lawmaker added that, after the joke, the late former president laughed.
“So that was the basic decency of the man, Buhari,” he noted.