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.
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