The National
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has
condemned the statement by the Rivers State government that he and Minister of
State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, “sponsored thugs” to attack the residence
of former governor, Peter Odili over the Bayelsa saga.
The government had
warned Oshiomhole and Sylva to stop alleged attacks against Justice Mary Odili
because she was a member of the Supreme Court panel that gave a unanimous
verdict against the APC governor-elect in Bayelsa State, David Lyon.
Simon Ebegbulen, the
ex-Edo governor’s spokesman, in a statement Thursday night, said the Rivers
outburst signed by Paulinus Nsirim, the Commissioner for Information, was
unbecoming of a government supposed to operate under the rule of law, including
fairness and justice to all.
Ebegbulen stated
that the statement was an egregious assault on the reputation that has taken
Oshiomhole a life-time to build.
He insisted that
Oshiomhole was not in any way involved in the action at Odili’s residence “whom
Oshiomhole has tremendous respect as a friend of many years despite political
differences”.
“As a matter of
principle, Oshiomhole condemns any harassment Hon. Justice Mary Odili had
suffered for a judgment she gave within her powers as a judicial officer,” he
said.
The statement
pointed out that Oshiomhole as a one-time beneficiary of judicial redress of
injustice always holds the judiciary in the highest esteem and the obedience of
court orders.
“Dissatisfied as a
party, the APC under Oshiomhole’s leadership has returned to the Supreme Court
seeking the review of the judgment. That is the democratic culture to which
Oshiomhole subscribes”, it added.
“It would be
expected that it is the police that should give account of what happened at the
residence of Dr. Odili based on investigation and not the Rivers State
government in Port Harcourt.
“The unsubstantiated
allegation by the Rivers State government is, therefore, an insult on the APC
National Chairman. It is an indecent thing for a state government to do in the
circumstance,” he added.
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