The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dissociated the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola from a political statement on the activities of the five Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, otherwise known as G-5 Governors that has been making rounds in both conventional and social media.
The Apex Court in the first official reaction, said unequivocally that Justice Ariwoola never made any comments to the effect that he was happy that his home state governor, Seyi Makinde is among the G-5 Governors.
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In a statement issued by the Director of Information and Press, Festus Akande said the CJN never mentioned such during his brief remarks at the State Banquet organised as part of the events lined up for the inauguration of the two Judiciary projects undertaken by the Rivers State Government.
The court also noted that Issues bordering on misconceptions and misrepresentations of this nature are not strange in times like this when the country is preparing for its general elections, as some people may want to take advantage of every opportunity to score very cheap goals.
He however emphasised that the CJN only jokingly stated that being that Governor Makinde married from Rivers State and is equally very close to Nyesome Wike, he would be able to replicate the developmental strides of the latter in Oyo State for the good of the citizenry.
The CJN, who is the number one judicial officer of the country and other senior Judicial officers drawn from different parts of the country were in Port Harcourt on 24th and 25th of November, 2022 to inaugurate two buildings to accommodate the Federal Judicial Service Commission’s South-South Liaison Office and the Justice Mary Peter-Odili Judicial Institute, that were conceptualised and constructed by the Rivers State Government.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
