The lawyer to Rivers All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, who is facing murder charges, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree says it has been established that the Rivers State Government has no case against his client.
The lawyer, Ken Atsuwete said the situation became clear following the failure by the Office of the State Attorney General to file a counter affidavit against Ojukaye’s motion.
Briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt on latest developments in the legal battle, Atsuwete said the failure on the side of the government showed that the State Government was on vendetta mission against the APC Chieftain.
He insisted that there was nothing wrong for requesting the Court of Appeal President to set up a fresh panel to hear the appeal by his client.
Ken Atswuete also alleged that certain individuals within Rivers State deliberately sponsored a smear campaign against the person of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa.
Atswuete, “Instead of them to go and bring their counter affidavit against our Appeal, they went to employ the services of CLO to demonize the person of the Honourable Justice of the Court of Appeal.
“Infact, they said she should be suspended. They already wrote a petition to the NJC. Is that right? Why is the Rivers state Government keen to kill Ojukaye? This is an attempt to kill Ojukaye.”
The lawyer particularly took a swipe at the South-South Zone of the Civil Liberties Organization for allegedly acting contrary to the rules establishing it.
Meanwhile, the Rivers state government had said there was no twist to the matters involving Flag-Amachree.
Attorney-General of the state and Commissioner for Justice, Emma Aguma, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said this in response to comments that the state government was on a vendetta mission against him.
Aguma SAN said the state government was not interested in persecuting the accused but will ensure that all the procedures of the law were followed in his trial.
He further stated that the state government had the discretion to file separate charges for one accused person.
Aguma also called for caution on the part of the All Progressives Congress, adding that the matter was between the State and an individual and not political parties.
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