Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers
State has paid two visits to the Chief
Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud
Mohammed, at the Supreme Court,
Abuja, this month, officials have said One of the visits to the CJN, it was learnt,
coincided with the day the Rivers State
Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal,
sitting in Abuja, conducted hearing in an
application filed by Wike to challenge an
order permitting his opponent to inspect the
electoral materials used for the poll that
brought him to office.
Investigations by our correspondent in Abuja
showed that the visits were made without
prior appointments.
The election of the former education minister,
who ran for the governorship on the platform
of the Peoples Democratic Party, is being
challenged by the governorship candidate of
the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Dakuku
Peterside.
The Rivers State Governorship Elections
Petition Tribunal had on July 9 reaffirmed its
ex parte order made on June 11, 2015,
granting permission to Peterside, to inspect
the electoral materials used for the poll.
Peterside and the APC had on May 3, 2015,
filed their petition before the tribunal to
challenge the victory of Wike at the poll.
The Justice Muazu Pindiga-led tribunal had
in a ruling dismissed Wike’s application
asking for the setting aside of the June 11,
2015 order.
The judge also adjourned till July 22 for the
commencement of the pre-hearing session in
the petition.
Wike has however denied that his visit to the
CJN had anything to do with his case.
Our correspondent learnt that Wike did not
meet the CJN on his first visit, which was a
Monday. The number one judicial officer in
the country was said to have travelled to
Saudi Arabia for the Lesser Hajj.
Wike however repeated the visit two days
later, when he was able to discuss with the
CJN.
A source in the governor’s entourage,
disclosed to our correspondent that the
members of staff in the office of Mohammed
were shocked to see the governor.
The source said, “There was no proper
appointment because as soon as the
governor stepped in and said he would like to
see the CJN and was asked if it was on
appointment, he answered in the negative.
“Nevertheless, he was allowed to see the
CJN; but unfortunately, the CJN was not in
the country as he was in Saudi Arabia for the
Lesser Hajj.”
The Publicity Secretary of APC in Rivers State,
Chief Chris Finebone, said the visit was
curious.
Finebone said though his party believed that
the person of the CJN was beyond
compromise, he nevertheless wondered why
Wike refused to carry the media along during
the visits.
He said, “We have no cause to doubt the
integrity of the CJN, but we must say that
the visits must have been made open and
known to Nigerians. Why was it not made
known?
“Wike believes that every human being has a
price. His problem is just to identify the
price. His case is pending and he refused to
go with the media during the visits.
“We want to believe that the visits didn’t
happen and if it happened, he must tell
Nigerians why he chose to embark on the
visit without the media.”
He called on Nigerians and the people of
Rivers to monitor the activities of the
governor.
Reacting to the visit, the national leadership
of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said there was
nothing wrong with the visits.
Metuh said that the governor had the right to
pay official visit to the CJN, adding that he
(Wike) should not be vilified because of that.
“Yes, he has the right to pay official visit or
courtesy calls on the CJN and I see nothing
wrong with that,” he said.
Wike, while denying going to lobby the CJN
for his pending tribunal case, told our
correspondent that he was at the office
because of the issue surrounding the
appointment of the acting Chief Justice of
Rivers State.
He said since the acting Chief Judge of his
state was appointed about three months ago,
there was the need to seek the permission of
the National Judicial Council to approve and
renew the appointment.
Wike said, “I didn’t go there to lobby for
anything cynical. If I was going to lobby for
anything like that, would I go in the
afternoon?
“You may wish to know that we have an
acting Chief Judge in my state, and the
judiciary is already on vacation and that the
NJC may also be on vacation.
“So, I needed to do a letter to the NJC on the
need to extend or approve the appointment of
the acting CJ in my state. I went there on the
two days in daytime; and see Nigerians, they
are already imputing another meaning to the
visits.”

chai .... FTC sha

Chai...FTC sha

See excuse!
So,to do a letter to the NJC he must see the Chief Justice?

These people believe we are all gullible.

Wike, fear God ooo.