A Rivers state high court sitting in
Port Harcourt early today, Thursday, August 20, 2015, has dismissed the suit
filed by a former governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi.
Rotimi Amaechi
Punch reports that the court sitting
challenged the setting up of a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to probe his
administration. Recall that Nyesom Wike, the state governor, had instituted the
Justice George Omereji-led judicial commission of inquiry to investigate all
the state assets sold during the Amaechi administration. But Amaechi had
gone to court to challenge the setting up of the commission.
Justice Simeon Amadi however made it
known that the judicial commission of inquiry was not created to probe the
personal activities of the former governor but to checkmate his past activities
as they affected the people of the state.
He further said there was nothing
wrong in Wike trying to inquire about the past doings of the former
administration. He also pointed out that the former governor was not on
trial, saying, “The Judiciary is not only the last hope of the common man,
but it is also the last hope of the mighty movers and shakers of democracy.
Those who, by the benevolence of the judiciary, got to power should resist the
temptation to emasculate the judiciary.”
However, the Rivers State Attorney
General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Emmanuel Aguma, explained that with
the court ruling, the commission of inquiry could begin its sitting and
promised that it would be fair to all parties.
Recently, Wike stated in his
disinterest in whether or not his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, becomes a
minister of the federal republic under president Muhammadu Buhari
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