Niger Delta
Nigeria Sliding Because Judges Are Afraid To Be Firm -Wike

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has explained that the country is sliding because judges are afraid to function in line with their oath of office.
Speaking during a courtesy visit by the National Association of Women Judges, South-South chapter to him at Government House, Port Harcourt, last Tuesday, Wike stressed that judges must always uphold the law.
The governor said: “The problem with Nigeria today is because people are afraid to say the truth. Judges are afraid. They don’t want to be identified. That is why the country is sliding down.”
He regretted that Nigerians have allowed the country to degenerate so low and charged judges not to allow themselves to be intimidated by any other arm of government.
“Whether you like it or not, people will accuse you. So, you must go ahead to do what is right.
“Whatever you do, people will accuse you. You must understand the oath of office that you took,” he said.
He said that the judiciary must defend itself from irrelevant accusations from other arms of government.
The governor noted that judiciary should not allow the executive and legislative arms of the government to muzzle them.
Earlier, the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Adama Iyaye-Laminkara, had said that the judges were in the state for a workshop organised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
He said that the workshop will help the judges to administer justice.
She said women judges from the six South-South states were in Port Harcourt for the conference.
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