Joining the debate on Friday over the slogan, Peterside said via X that no right-thinking person should find the phrase offensive.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Founder of Stanbic IBTC, Atedo Peterside, has said that he believes the slogan “All Eyes on the Judiciary” is not offensive.
The phrase got national attention when it appeared on billboards around Abuja amid proceedings of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party (LP)’s Peter Obi are challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a statement on Tuesday, Director General of Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), Olalekan Fadolapo, announced the dissolution of the council’s Advertising Standards Panel over the hotly debated billboards.
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Fadolapo said the concepts exposed were not approved by the panel, saying the advertising council had directed that all the materials being exposed be brought down immediately and the violators sanctioned.
“The Advertising Standards Panel of the Council also erred in the approval of one of the concepts as the advertisement failed vetting guidelines on the following grounds,” he added.
Joining the debate on Friday over the slogan, Peterside said via X that no right-thinking person should find the phrase offensive.
“For the record, methinks #AllEyesOnTheJudiciary is a neutral slogan that should ordinarily not offend a right-thinking & sincere person in a civilised society,” he said.
“I can understand someone rejecting a negative slogan like ‘Let us turn our noses up at the Judiciary.’ Enough said.”