SECURITY AGENCY MAY ARREST ME, WIKE ALLAYS FEAR

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has expressed fears of being arrested by security agents in the state. The outspoken governor disclosed this during a special court session marking the opening of the 2016/2017 legal year of the state judiciary in Portharcourt, said he was afraid to leave government because of fears of being arrested by the security heads in the state. He lamented that there was no respect for people in authority in the nation, pointing out that anybody could be arrested and humiliated at any given time. The governor expressed concern why judges would be arrested and intimidated like common criminals from their homes at odd hours of the night. He added: I was afraid to come to come out for this programme wh

en i heard that all the security heads came for the programme. So I told my orderly to pack my things into a bag that I may not return, because they may arrest me from there. My orderly asked, but you have immunity, I told him that there couldn't be immunity in Nigeria when people are arrested anyhow. We don't respect the rule of law anymore. Anybody can be arrested at any time" Wike said. Speaking further, the governor faulted the anti corruption war by the federal government, saying , "The anti corruption war in the country undermines development. It serves no useful purpose. He flayed the Nigerian Judicial Council[NJC] and the Nigerian Bar Association[NBA], on their decision to support the stepping down of the embattled judges recently arrested by the Department of State Security[DSS] on alleged corrupt practices.