Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom
Wike, has said the Department of State Services resorted to “deliberate
misinformation and concocted stories” to justify its “unconstitutional”
assault on the nation’s judiciary.Wike maintained that the DSS lacked the
constitutional powers to be involved in
the legal process to discipline a
serving judicial official, pointing out that a legal process must be
followed.
The DSS had stated that its operatives
swooped on some judges in the country because there were allegations
that they (judges) were involved in corrupt practices, adding that
various amount of money, in different denominations, were found in the
judges residences.
Speaking during a special dinner for the
management and players of Rivers United at the Government House, Port
Harcourt, on Saturday, Wike said the “weak blackmail of the DSS” would
not lessen the crime it had committed against the Nigerian state by
assaulting the judiciary.
He said, “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 $USD2 million, (that is N900m) was found
in the house of the judge. It is unfortunate that the DSS is coming up
with flimsy excuses.”
However, a Government House statement by
Wike’s aide on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, read, “It will be
recalled that the governor and the DSS operatives had their encounter
outside the gate of a judge’s residence.
Punch
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