DSS LIED, NO MONEY WAS FOUND IN JUDGE'S HOUSE - WIKE

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has
criticized the statement released by the
Department of State Services detailing how
operatives found a huge amount of money
during nationwide raids on homes of judges.
Wike said the report was concocted to justify
an unconstitutional assault on the nation’s
judiciary.
Governor Wike said this when he met with the
management and players of Rivers United
Football Club at Government House, Port-
Harcourt.
He said the National Judicial Council had the
responsibility to discipline erring and corrupt
judges, after which indicted judicial officers
were handed over to the relevant law
enforcement agency for prosecution
The governor stated that he prevented the
DSS from arresting the judge because they
could kill him and use that as a pretext to say
the state was not safe and to prepare
grounds for declaration of a state of
emergency.
According to him, “Their blackmail stories will
not move me. They will concoct all kinds of
stories to justify this undemocratic illegality
perpetrated against the judiciary.
“It is really unfortunate that DSS would
concoct a false defence that $2million USD ,
(that is N900million) was found in the house
of the judge. It is unfortunate that the DSS is
coming up with flimsy excuses.
“In the police, erring and corrupt policemen
are first given orderly room trial, sacked and
then appropriately prosecuted. For judicial
officers, the DSS has no role.
“This impunity must stop. I am not in support
of any judicial officer being involved in
corruption.
“If they had abducted the judge, they may go
ahead to kill the judge and they will say that
Rivers State is insecure.
“We must resist this injustice. Nobody can
intimidate Rivers people. If you use to do that,
not now. I am informing you before you will
read whatever lies they wiĺl circulate in
newspapers.”



Sourced and edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE (08066298797)