Justice Odili’s attack: Rivers NASS caucus raises alarm over alleged FG silence, petitions international community
It also accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of hiring political thugs who masterminded the dastardly act.
DAILY POST recalls that Justice Odili and wife of former Rivers State Governor, Peter Odili was among the Supreme Court Justices who delivered the verdict that invalidated the victory of the Bayelsa State erstwhile Governor-elect, David Lyon. In a statement endorsed by Senator George Thompson Sekibo and Hon. Kingsley Ogundu Chinda, the caucus described the attack as an audacious act of primitivism and grave threat to democracy.
“This latest wanton shamelessness constitutes a new dimension in the continuing assault against the judiciary and, once again, underlines Nigeria’s inexorable degeneration and descent into rapid lawlessness.
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