Tobi Adebayo
The Rivers State Government, leaders and people of the state have issued a 48-hr ultimatum to the Federal Government to fish out those behind the raid on the home of Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mary Odili.
Recall that armed security operatives identified as personnel of the Nigeria Police Force laid siege on the home of Justice Odili on Friday, October 29.
However, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, in a statement, denied any involvement and ordered a probe into the incident.
“It is important to set the record straight that as the Chief Law Officer of the federation, Malami will not stoop too low to be associated with an apparent inelegant and nasty court process on the strength of which the purported search warrant was procured.
“The media reports on the issue depict a too untidy process that could never emanate from the Office of the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.
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“The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has since reached out to the relevant authorities for an intensified wider investigation on the matter for necessary actions leading to the prosecution of anyone involved in the matter in view of the fact that the only names on record from the process filed in Court are a purported police officer who claimed to be “O/C Assets Recovery Team” and one Aliyu Umar a deponent in the affidavit.
“The claim of the Chief Magistrate as reported by a section of the media to the effect that he was being misled by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice into the issuance of the search warrant is equally forwarded to the relevant investigative agencies to ascertain the veracity or otherwise of the purported association of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and which officer if any in the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice is associated with such claimed misrepresentation,” the statement read.
