Minister
of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has denied allegation leveled against
him by Justice
John Inyang Okoro of the Supreme Court, who was earlier arrested by
the Department of State Services, DSS.
The
Judge is insisting that he was being victimized over his refusal to
do the bidding of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the election
appeal cases as it concerned Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Abia States.
In
a letter
to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Okoro alleged that former
Rivers Governor visited him and asked that states whose governorship
elections are being disputed be ruled in favour of APC.
However,
Amaechi, through his media office Tuesday night, said such visit
never happened.
“This
accusation from Justice Okoro against Amaechi is a figment of his
imagination, concocted to obfuscate and politicize the real issues
for his arrest and DSS investigation of allegations of corruption
against him.
“The
claims by Justice Okoro against Amaechi are blatant lies, bereft of
any iota of truth or even logic. Amaechi did not, and has never
approached Justice Okoro in respect of the cases Okoro mentioned or
any other case.
“This
is a cheap attempt, albeit, political move to drag the name of
Amaechi into something he knows nothing about. Justice Okoro should
face his issues and leave Amaechi out of it. He will be hearing from
our lawyers.”
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