Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has presented 29 new
Renault Koleos 2020 sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to chairpersons of the
state’s customary courts.
The governor said the vehicles were given to the judicial
officers to enable them to discharge their functions unhindered.
He asked them to operate independently, without influence or
intimidation.
In a statement by Kelvin Ebiri, his spokesperson, Wike said no government can make salient progress if the judiciary is not allowed to operate independently.
“If Nigeria wants to move forward if this country wants
development, then we must allow the judiciary to operate independently and do
their work,” Wike said.
The governor, however, lamented the unwillingness of
judicial officers to seek independence in discharging their duties adding the
judiciary is only seeking independence in the control of their budget.
“Independence is carrying out your job without anybody
influencing you,” Wike said.
“They’ve always said they want to be independent, but truly
speaking, you don’t want to be independent. I have never seen an arm of
government that is so afraid, intimidated by other arms of government like the
judiciary. I have never seen that in my life.
“The independence of the judiciary you are looking for is
only for the budget. But you are not talking about independence of how you can
carry out your job without any influence or intimidation. Independence is more
when you are able to carry out your job without anybody influencing you.”
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| Cars handed over to chairpersons of customary courts |
Zaccheus Adangor, commissioner for justice in the state
commended the governor for his benevolence and support for the judiciary and
advised the beneficiaries to continue to administer justice without fear or
favour.
On his part, Gabriel-Nwankwo, president of the customary
court of appeal in the state, said the gifts will motivate the judicial
officers to perform their work.
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