Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, says the April 15, 2013 verdict delivered by Justice Ishaq Bello of the Federal High Court, Abuja, declaring Mr. Felix Obuah and Mr. Ibibia Opuene Walter, as duly elected Chairman and Secretary respectively of the State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, amounts to a desecration of the temple of justice.
Governor Amaechi said this today while addressing a mammoth crowd of Rivers people who marched in solidarity to Government House, Port Harcourt.
Represented by his deputy, Engr. Tele Ikuru, Governor declared that “I think as a nation one area we should not allow mud to go into is the judiciary. As a nation one area we should not allow to become a thing of play is the judiciary. The temple of justice has been desecrated. Nigeria arise, Nigeria arise. If we do not rise, we will lose our country. As a nation, any day we allow the temple of justice to be desecrated we’ll lose our country”.
Governor Amaechi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), stated that “any day a poor man cannot go to the court and state his case and get justice that country is lost”.
“I therefore call on the judges, particularly, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, to very quickly, with alarm, move into this matter,” emphasizing that “I have faith in the Chief Justice of this country. She is a woman of integrity, she is a woman who has proved herself time without number,” noting that “this is another case for her to prove that she sits at the helm of justice in this country,” assuring that “she will ensure that justice is given to all”.
Engr. Ikuru disclosed that “I was privileged to be part of that convention, I was privileged to see the votes counted, I was privileged to see the results announced and then suddenly in broad daylight, somebody said that that election produced another person,” pointing out that “when certain people die their eyes will not close because they tell broad day lies. Those who open their eyes, know what is right, see what is right and say something different. The day they will die their eyes will never close”.
The Governor called on the people of the State, especially the members of the PDP to be law abiding and go about their normal duties without breaching the peace.
“I will urge every one of you to hold your peace. Hold your peace because I know there are still men and women of goodwill in this country. There are still people of truth,” he stressed.
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