Judicial scandal: Encourage Amaechi to defend himself, Okowa tells Rivers APC Chairman
Okowa
Like his Rivers State counterpart, Nysom Wike, Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, Friday denied having any thing to do with the ongoing judicial scandal against Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi.
The Governor was reacting to a statement credited to the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Davies Ikanya, in which he alleged that, governors Okowa, Wike and others were behind the allegation by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta and Justice Inyang Okoro, two justices of the Supreme Court, who accused Amaechi of prompting them to avert justice to favour of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidates especially in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.
Okowa described the Rivers APC’s allegation as false, misleading and a calculated attempt to smear his hard earned reputation, noting that Ikanya should concern himself with the dwindling fortunes of his party in Rivers rather than embarking on a wild goose chase.
He said: “The attention of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has been drawn to yet another spurious allegation by the Rivers State branch of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“Ordinarily we wouldn’t have joined issues with a jobless party chaiman like Ikanya, but in order to set the records straight, it is pertinent to state that Governor Okowa has no hand in the latest scandals swirling around the Transportation Minister.
“As governor of Delta State, Okowa is too busy delivering on his SMART Agenda to be enmeshed in such petty accusations of orchestrating any accusations against the transport minister.
“How is it possible for anyone to imagine that two respected Justices of the Supreme Court were told to lie that Amaechi made attempts to influence their judgements in his party’s favour?
“Rather than encourage the former Governor to defend himself, the Rivers APC is busy looking for people to rope into their inglorious adventure. Davies Ikanya should grow up.”
“We therefore call on the general public to disregard the said publication as there is no iota of truth in it,” the statement added.
