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Did Amaechi visit Ngwuta? I do not know. Is there a penalty for visiting? None at all.

Did Amaechi bribe Ngwuta to pervert justice. No. Ngwuta alleges that he refused to be influenced. Amaechi insists that there was no such conversation. The burden of proof rests on Ngwuta. He needs to come up with an unimpeachable evidence. This is the court of public opinion. More allegations and speculations are allowed. If Ngwuta can not prove that Amaechi offered him money, he should atleast give us details that can be confirmed about the alleged visit to his home.

NOW, visiting Ngwuta is not a crime. I have visited judges before and I have never offered money to any. May be, if I was as loaded as Amaechi...who knows? Atleast, it may be revealed if Ngwuta turned down Amaechi to play with the other guy? Who's the other guy? Where is the other room?

Questions, all begging for answers. Here's a straightforward answer: since Ngwuta has already exonerated Amaech from the case of bribery by alleging that he would not tango with the DG; since the authority in assessing evidence is yet to produce any evidence that Amaechi was the secret visitor; Ngwuta must now focus on showing that the DSS is persecuting the incorruptible judge or atleast a judge who has no case to answer.

These may not be the best of times for the former governor of Rivers State and political mentor to many politicians in the state, Sir Dr Peter Odili as the DSS crackdown on Judges continues. The Ndoni born politician whose towering political height was cut short by a conspiracy within the PDP is again in the news after a long abstinence from active politics. Trouble started for Odili when petitions were written to the DSS with the failure of the National Judicial Council, NJC, failed to address petitions arising from the last 2015 elections. The DSS after months of painstaking investigations and surveillance decided to apply the 'Operation Sting' in a bid to crackdown on suspected Judges who were engaged in the Bribe-for-Judgment which was said to have been prevalent after the last elections. Most of those arrested and detained are Supreme Court Judges, including others in the Appeal and High Courts.

While the operation in other states were successful, that of Rivers State failed as the Governor of the State led a hoard of his supporters whom he referred to as Passers by, to obstruct the duties of the DSS. The action of the Governor was greeted by a public outrage even though the governor's party men described it as an act of bravery. The DSS had stormed the residence of Justice Liman of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt based on information that the Judge was in possession of  N2.5billion, alleged to be part of the proceeds of bribery.

The action of Wike may have angered the Director General of DSS who explained why the sting operation was carried out. He revealed that in the course of investigation and interrogation of some of the suspected Judges, the agency found out that during the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition trial at the Supreme Court, the sum of N5bn was received by the panel members through two of the Judges, Justice John Inyang Okoro and Justice Ngwuta who may have served as the facilitators. Another account alleged that the wife of Dr Peter Odili, Justice Mary Odili had at some point pleaded with her colleagues not to make her a widow, as her husband will die if Wike lost the case to Dakuku Peterside.

Recall that during a Thanksgiving Service in Port Harcourt, Gov. Wike publicly acknowledged that the victory of the PDP at the Supreme Court was made possible by Odili, whom he said would call him at midnight and directed him on who to see at each point.

Unfortunately, Odili who was present at the occasion did not refute nor counter Wike's position.

Therefore, as the bubble burst over the bribery allegation in the Rivers matter, many believed that Wike had unknowingly exposed the secret role that Odili may have played. Some queried the rationale behind Odili's alleged involvement in the Court since he is neither a lawyer nor a Judge.

While the dust is yet to settle on this, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission may have mounted surveillance on Dr. Odili, in other to monitor his movement to prevent him from leaving the country, while his case before the Commission over an alleged diversion of N100bn during his right year tenure as governor from 1999 to 2007. Recall that the former governor had obtained a perpetual injunction from the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt restraining the Crime Commission from arresting, investigating or prosecuting him. The Justice Buba Court had also perpetually prevented the EFCC from publishing the investigations. Surprisingly, the controversial judgment has not been vacated though the commission had filed an Appeal at the Appeal Court but the matter has not been heard till date.

Recent developments indicate the readiness of the crime commission to vacate the order and proceed with full trial, alongside other former governors.

Meanwhile, there are indications that the security agencies have obtained evidence of the meetings held between Gov Wike and Justices Okoro and Ngwuta in Imo State during the burial ceremony of Odili's mother-in-law.

It is obvious that Wike's unguarded public interactions and undemocratic actions may have sparked off the onslaught against Odili. In a bid to hit back at the Federal Government, the governor was said to have advised the embattled Justices to finger Rotimi Amaechi, and accuse him of attempted obstruction of justice. But the two Justices are yet to provide evidence of the said visit by Amaechi. But an insider in the Rivers PDP revealed under cover that there is a grand plot to clone an audio tape with a close semblance of Amaechi's voice in a bid to establish that he actually spoke to the Judges.

Few days ago, precisely on the 17th of October, 2016. The attention of Dame lbifuro Thompson Tatua, the National Coordinator of the NIGER DELTA PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT was drawn to the malicious and feeble letter purportedly written by Justice John lnyang Okoro JSC to the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Claiming that the Hon. Minister of Transportation Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and Pastor Ebebe Ukpong visited his official residence to request he perverts justice in favour of the APC in Rivers State and other States. Ironically, the embattled Justice Okoro has chickened out on his financiers by denying knowledge or writing such letter to the CJN, the Nigerian Bar Association has also reversed it's earlier decision of declaring a judicial state of emergency if the Judges are not released and the confiscated money returned to them and thrown its full weight behind President Buuari's zeal to rid the judiciary of corrupt officials. The most respected Pastor  Ebebe Ukpong has also published his statement, referring to the said allegation as false and fabricated lies coming from the pit of hell.

Sadly, the attention of Niger Delta People's Movement has been drawn to another criminal audacity of a hopeless corrupt sycophant, Justice Sylvester Uwguta and his paid callous blackmail intent against the person and name of Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as contained in his letter dated 18th October, 2016 and addressed to the CJN. Alleging that, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi actually approached him on behalf of APC to redirect justice. We view these attempts as very laughable and juvenile to the core.

The Niger Delta People's Movement  are still not deterred nor repulsed by those barrage of blackmails against Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi by your Lordship, Justice Sylvester with the giddy overlordship of some fellows who goes by the tag "mistaken leaders" moving in frenziedly from the Bohemian farce to the apocalyptic. The attempt by your Lordships and some governors to reduce our judiciary to a mockery stock is very pathetic. Our question again is, are your Lordships ignorant of section 23(1), (2) and (3) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission Act 2000, despite it's clear provision?.

 

May we remind your Lordship, Justice Sylvester Ugwuta and his script writers that, reputation attained cheaply, can be easily lost and very fast too. Your Lordships indiscretion in bribery and perversion of justice has rebound, the law of retributive return is at work. While investigation into your sudden stupendous wealth is ongoing with the DSS, Niger Delta People's Movement will urge your Lordship to redirect your energy on how to pull yourself out of your handmade shameful mess and desist from dragging  Amaechi's name with you or we will be forced to seek legal redress in the Court of appropriate jurisdiction.

The Hon. Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is humble and taciturn. He is synonymous with the campaign for a free corruption society. He is every inch a gentleman, a leader per excellence who does not over estimate himself and his abilities, hence he is always willing to seek knowledge for infrastructural and human development.

Face your warrant, your Lordship, Amaechi is not DSS.

Signed:

Rowland Orlu

Director of Communication.

THE NIGER DELTA PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT

The "Rivers government Amnesty program", is an evil and criminal conspiracy, between the principal actors of the "Rivers political violence/killings" and governor Nyesom Wike. The actual motive, is to shield and protect all those that were used to orchestrate the bloodiest ascension to the seat of power, ever witnessed in the entire political history of Rivers State.

Those targeted and captured by the so-called "Rivers amnesty", are persons already declared wanted by the Nigerian police/military authorities. They are criminal culprits, directly connected and implicated in several reported politically motivated murder cases, assassinations and arsons of very high degrees.

You will recollect that, in the lawsuit filled by Wike, against the relocation of the Rivers election tribunal from Port-Harcourt to Abuja, "Wike/PDP VS DAKUKU/APC", the learned Justices of the Supreme Court, did emphatically state and clearly held in her judgement that, "Rivers State was like a theater of war in the periods before, during and after the 2015 general elections and that the life of judiciary workers cannot be put at risk, hence it was right and lawful to have relocated the Rivers Election Tribunals to Abuja".

That judgement, was a perfect summarization and reflection of what truly transpired in Rivers State. It then simply means that, no meaningful election would've held in a place where the Supreme Court, by their judgement, confirmed that "human life was not safe", but at perpetual risk. It is on record that well over one-hundred(100) persons or more, may have died, with several hundreds of others injured and properties worth millions of Naira, destroyed within the said period in Rivers state.

The worst case scenario in this regard, is a situation where the so-called amnesty beneficiaries are still killing, kidnapping and attacking those they perceive as enemies to the incumbent governor, while the police/security agents remains aloof.

Recently, Wike's amnesty beneficiaries and intending beneficiaries alike, assassinated Barr, Kenneth Atsuete, the famous Rivers APC's foremost lawyer and Hon. Boris Neewi, an APC stalwart.

The "Rivers amnesty committee", has on several occasions lamented her frustration and expressed doubts/disappointment, stating

publicly that the types of arms and ammunitions been submitted/surrendered by these dreaded killers, armed robbers, cultists and kidnappers, as they show-up to accept the 'rogue amnesty', is not commensurate to the type of sophisticated weaponry, they have been using to wreck havoc on Rivers people.

The boys in their large numbers, come out from their hideouts(camps) with a few locally made guns and cutlasses, after they have properly concealed their sophisticated weapons. They deceptively appear in public to accept the said amnesty, which instantly earns them Wike's "state pardon", and automatically shields them from the law, which by extension protects them from any form of arrest or prosecution by law enforcement agents, no matter the crime they may have committed.

Apparently, the security agents, before now, acting upon series of complains and petitions, had swung into action, thereby successfully catching up with and closing-in on many of the big actors/perpetrators of the Rivers political killings/violence,  with many of the kingpins already "declared wanted", such as Igwe Dibia Ejima aka "Don Wani" and Solomon Ndebgara aka "Bin-Ladin". Then, the only way-out for them, becomes the 'rogue amnesty', after they have been investigated and found liable for the killing of many innocent souls, to the benefit of Nyesom Wike.

Therefore, it must be known to all, that governor Wike purposely designed and programmed the 'Rivers amnesty' for cultist, kidnappers, armed robbers, many of whom had already been investigated and found to be directly linked to series of crimes for which the police/military has declared them wanted, thereby shield these confirmed criminals from the eyes of the law and law enforcement authorities. 

As such, "Rivers amnesty" as put in place by governor Wike, is simply a deceit and a criminal conspiracy between the governor and those he used to violently climb unto the seat of power.

It is common knowledge that Nyesom Wike violently & forcefully became governorship flag-bearer of our party(PDP). He worked in concert with Mrs Patience Jonathan and Bro. Felix Obuah to snatch a gubernatorial ticket that was zoned/meant for the Rivers "Riverine people". They empowered and deployed  numerous cult groups, activated all reachable criminals and militants to intimidate and bully the then National leadership of our party and also bullied on the entire members of Rivers PDP, an action in clear disregard to the opinion and desire of our leader, H.E. Ebele Jonathan.

Our party members(gubernatorial aspirants), who attempted to protest or resist Wike at any point in time, were brazenly beaten-up, brutalized and secretly threatened to submission.

In connivance with compromised security agencies and the then Rivers REC(Gesila Khan), who is now facing criminal charges for bribery/corruption connected to electoral fraud in Rivers state. Election results were fabricated/concocted in favor of Wike/PDP in Rivers State, while a conglomeration of cult groups, militants & dreaded criminal gangs were adequately activated and mobilized to unleash terror on anyone or group that attempted to challenge what was going on.

However, as expected, after the elections, the cult groups and criminal gangs became emboldened in their nefarious acts, which culminated to the heightened insecurity that has engulfed Rivers state till date. Upon assumption of office, all attempts by Wike(Rivers PDP) to secretly disarm these groups and characters he used to orchestrate the worst political violence in the entire history of Rivers State, couldn't materialize. Not even the juicy political positions and contracts he gave to the kingpins of these criminals and gangs, could change a thing. Amnesty(state pardon) to the criminals, became the option, since he doesn't posses the will power to fight them, simply because they are his associates and loyalist.

If the President Buhari led federal government continue to look the other way, and Wike is allowed to succeed completely with this ongoing evil plot, Rivers state will continue to remain under siege by state government created/sponsored cult gangs and militant groups as it is now. While the same scenario that played out in 2014/2015 in Rivers state will definitely repeat again by 2018/2019 elections, and might even take a worst dimension, more than what we had in the past, because if the feelers we are getting, that the Rivers APC is now planning to adopt/execute the same violent approach Wike used and still using, then Rivers State will become a bloody battle ground by the next elections.

It is worthy to note that, If not for the vigilance of Governor Adams Oshomole, Wike almost succeeded in exporting his model of electoral violence to Edo State during their recently held gubernatorial election, Just like he did during the Bayelsa election.

I wonder why this would be happening, irrespective of the fact that the incumbent president, on assumption of office, acknowledged the political killings and violences that enveloped Rivers state, which he promised to look into and bring the perpetrators to book.

On the other hand, going by the manner, in which the president Buhari led federal government tackled and fought the BokoHaram, IPOB and NDA security menaces, one begins to wonder why the Rivers state case of political insurgence would be treated differently!!

Why didn't President Buhari give amnesty to BokoHaram, IPOB & NDA terrorists/militants, as seen in Rivers state?

I use this medium to remind and call on President Muhamadu Buhari to live up to his promise regards 'Rivers political violence'. I also beckon on the DSS, Police and the military to urgently rise up to the occasion in Rivers State and checkmate this evil design called "Rivers  amnesty program", by desperate governor Wike, whose violent tactics is common knowledge to all and sundry.