RSG Alerts On Plot To Politicise Judiciary …Says There’s Grand Design To Pull Down Rivers

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has described as worrisome, a deliberate ploy to politicise the judiciary for the purpose of hearing a bail application of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was charged for murder during the March 19, 2016 rerun elections in the state.
The governor reiterated his confidence in the judiciary to live above the political games being played by the agents of APC.
Speaking at the Government House, Port Harcourt, during the submission of report by the Justice Monima Danagogo Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the killings and other violent acts and related matters that occurred during the March 19, 2016, rerun elections in Rivers State, Wike decried the setting up of a special panel by the Court of Appeal basically to consider an appeal of an APC chieftain standing trial for murder.
The governor stated that he was shocked to read in national newspapers about the unprecedented action by the Court of Appeal, pointing out that the action is detrimental to the rule of law and the maintenance of the law and order in the state.
He regretted that the APC through her agents have politicised crime.
Wike noted that the immediate past commissioner of police in Rivers State was queried and transferred because he charged the notorious APC chieftain to court for murder.
He said: “I just read in the papers today that they have set up a special panel to hear bail application for a murder case.
“We have had criminal matters in court for years, but for a murder case now, Rivers State has become a state where crime is committed and it is being politicised.
“See how politics has entered into crime. Where you belong to, matters. If you belong to a particular political party, a special panel will be set up for you. They believe that the person involved is an APC member from a local government where a rerun will take place”.
Speaking  further, the governor said: “This is not funny. Then you ask yourself, if that happens, what are you telling the bereaved. Are you not telling them to do whatever they can to see that they get justice  from wherever.
“We were concerned about the last rerun  elections and we set up a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to look into it to know what  happened. Assuming  that  recommendations  have been made for their prosecutions, they will take measures  to frustrate  such prosecutions”.
He said that he has the political  will to implement  the  recommendations  of  the  Judicial Commission of Inquiry.
Earlier in his  remarks, Justice Monima Danagogo, had stated that the report was in four volumes for the implementation of  the  state government.
Meanwhile Governor,  Wike, has raised an  alarm that there was a grand conspiracy to pull down the state, wondering who will benefit from the ugly plot.
Addressing the leaders of Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Monday, Wike said those plotting against the state will fail as he will confront them with the people’s mandate.
He said that those who are working  against  the  interest of Rivers State in the name of politics, must remember that Rivers State was critical  to  the  development  of  the  nation.
The governor  noted  that he will always work for the unity and progress of the country as a patriot, despite the distractions.
He said: “There is a grand conspiracy  against  Rivers State. But I don’t know  in whose interest. I believe  in the unity of  this country,  therefore I will  continue  to  work  for its development  and security”.
He added  that very deliberate steps have been taken to undermine  the  security of  the  state, pointing  out  that  the  headquarters  of the security  agencies  intervene to release deadly  suspects  arrested by operatives  on ground.
Wike said that despite the challenges in the state, his administration has been able to create an enabling environment for development to take place.
He assured PETAN that his administration will partner with them to ensure that the set up a functional national secretariat in the state for the creation of employment.
Earlier, the Chairman of PETAN, Engr Bank-Anthony Okoroafor, had called on the governor to further create the required enabling environment for investors to flourish in the state.
He said the association will partner with the Rivers State Government to develop the state and enhance growth in the petroleum sector.
Highpoint of the visit induction  of  Governor Nyesom Wike as an Honourable Member of PETAN.