Justice Mu’azu Pindiga, chairman of the Rivers State governorship election tribunal, was removed after investigators from the Department of State Security (DSS) discovered that the judge had accepted a bribe of N200 million from Governor Nyesom Wike, the major defendant in an electoral case before the tribunal.
Gov. Nyeson Wike
Our sources within the DSS said their agents confronted the judge as well as the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, with evidence of the bribe. Justice Bulkachuwa then decided to remove the tribunal chairman.
Justice Mohammed Ambrosa was then asked to replace the compromised Justice Pindiga, as the President of the Court of Appeal said there was no point swearing in a new judge.
Two lawyers representing clients whose petitions were before the electoral tribunal told SaharaReporters that they welcomed the firing of Justice Pindiga. “Apart from the fact that he has been exposed for being corrupt, he has not demonstrated any knowledge of electoral matters,” one of the lawyers said. “I can tell you that a number of lawyers who have appeared before him have found him wanting when it comes to issues pertaining to the electoral laws of this country,” he added.
Another lawyer echoed the sentiment. “We had protested to the President of Court of Appeal to replace the judge. He was a poor judge,” he said.
After learning about the replacement of Justice Pindiga, Mr. Wike’s lawyers launched a feeble protest, criticizing the reconstitution of the tribunal. However, their protest was silenced when they were told that the governor’s bribe to the removed judge had been exposed.
Governor Wike had made at least two attempts to see the Chief Justice of Nigeria to seek the CJN’s help to influence the outcome of the tribunal, but the nation’s top judge declined to meet with the governor, citing his fear of President Muhammadu Buhari.
SaharaReporters learned that Mr. Wike’s lawyers facilitated the collection of the N200 million by the ousted tribunal chairman.
Justice Bulkachuwa, who oversees the Court of Appeal, is mentioned in legal circles as a keen receiver of inducement in past electoral tribunal cases.
Source : Sahara Reporters

Wike is an arsernal fan
A gonner lol

heard...

ok

APC lies and propaganda

sahara reporters are grossly untrustworthy

Nonsensical story

And what happens to the compromised judge....

Perhaps, he should be near the gates of jail...

If this happens to be true, Wike shouldn't even wait till the end of the case, he should just resign now.

Wike is wicked.

Fish is to water as wike is to power. wike can kill his mother for power and money. Wike killed à man and tied him to a tree- amaechi.

I'm mad he has a Hitler mustache.

i tot as mush, wike ur own don done

LoveMachine:
I'm mad he has a Hitler mustache.

Hahahahaha. Na d mustache just dey pain dis guy

G

As my PH guys will say "wike na that kind man"

A goner and a th*if mark my word the man is jail bound.

This story of Wike bribing the tribunal chairman went further to say that Wike awarded contract of car supplies to Rivers state govt toPindiga's son amounting to several millions. We are also hearing that Wike about to borrow another 10 billion naira again. Making it a total of 40 billion in 4 months if this becomes true. On his 100 days in office, Wike and his cronies celebrated his 100 days in office where they claimed that he has constructed 43 roads within this period. But they refused to tell us Rivers people where such roads exist. They equally didn't tell us how many kilometers such roads covered. We know roads are measured in kilometers. All we hear is Wike constructed 43 roads in 100 days in Rivers state where there is constant rain rain fall?

Wike Going.....

Justice Pindiga shudnt be spared in dis kinda sh-t too! Both the giver and the rcver of corruption sshud go in for it.

sahara reporters are grossly untrustworthy

We have discovered this is not 100% true. Sahara carries a lot of accurate news leaked to them by whistle-blowers working in many government departments and the judiciary. As far as is practicable they will show documentary evidence to back up their reports . No other news organisation does that. Nigeria's judiciary is very very very corrupt men (3 veries). That is actually the most dangerous thing about the country now.

I am not sorry for Rivers people for being stuck with a nonentity of a governor. If Mama Peace is the one who chose a governor for you then sorry your state is gone already. Let us not forget the number of PDP aspirants for governor were more than 20 including some very articulate and proven people so this is not about APC. It is about the low IQ of the Jonathan's.

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Since they have evidence of the bribe received by tribunal judge, why don't they(DSS) prosecute him? What are they waiting for?

I'm tired of Zoogeria!