The senate has condemned the invasion of the Abuja home of
Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court.
The upper legislative chamber condemned the incident after
Betty Apiafi, senator representing Rivers west, drew the attention of her
colleagues to the invasion.
Security operatives on October 29 invaded the house of Odili
on the claim that “illegal activities” were going on there.
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF),
and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) denied involvement in
the raid.
Malami and Usman Baba, inspector-general of police (IGP),
had ordered probes into the incident.
While moving her motion on the floor of the upper
legislative chamber on Tuesday, Apiafi expressed concern that there has been no
report on the findings so far made by the police on the invasion.
“There is no information on the arrest said to be made,” she
said.
On his part, Opeyemi Bamidele, chairman of the committee on
judiciary, said those found culpable must face the law.
“No one was at ease with what has happened. The government
should take appropriate steps to ensure that those culpable are brought to
book,” Bamidele said.
“There is need to protect the sanctity of the judiciary.”
Also speaking, Thompson Sekibo, senator representing River
north-east, said the findings on the invasion made by the police must be made
public.
“A couple of months
ago, Justice Mary Odili’s residence was also invaded. Several reasons were
given for that. Again her house in Abuja was also invaded. They claimed to have
brought a warrant in Abuja,” he said.
“There was a claim that the minister of justice was aware of
it but he denied. The IGP said he has done some arrest and they are
investigating the matter.
“Most times we hear of investigation and we don’t see the
result. Fear is one of the causes of death.
“Let them make the investigation public. Let us also pray
that this does not cause fear to Mary Odili and other judges.”
Thereafter, the senate asked the IGP to disclose the
findings of the investigation into the incident as soon as possible.
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