Governor of Rivers State, Mr Nyesom Wike has raised an alarm that the All Progressives Congress and President Muhammadu Buhari have concluded plans to intimidate 2 two hundred judges of Federal judiciary.
Wike made the allegation on Sunday, February 3 at a church service in Port Harcourt.
He said he got the information when he intercepted a discussion by a serving Minister in Buhari’s administration.
The governor stated that the plan is to destabilize the Supreme Court, court of appeal and the federal High Courts.
He said: “I intercepted a discussion by a minister of the Federal Executive Council, where he was telling a gathering that they were happy that they had dealt with the Supreme Court. The minister said that the next set would be the Court of Appeal justices and the Federal High Court judges. The minister said any judge that fails to cooperate will face trump up charges and would be compelled to resign.
“This failed APC federal government has gone to the Code of Conduct Bureau to get the asset declaration forms of 200 judges. Any judge that fails to follow their evil plot, will be harassed with false allegations and persecution.
“The Church should continually pray for the Federal Judiciary. The judiciary in Nigeria is under siege. If anything happens to the judiciary, our democracy is in trouble.
“The Church needs to pray for the judges to stay strong in the face of intimidation and harassment.”
