So, after the CJN warned politicians, especially Rivers State government agents, against making unguarded statements against the judiciary, the governor had no choice but to distance himself from his Media Assistant, Opunabo Inko-Tariah, who allegedly claimed that the Judiciary in Nigeria has ganged up against Wike.
Speaking at a meeting with Rivers state Stakeholders at the government house in Port Harcourt, Wike said he has trust in the judiciary and that he never sent any of his aides to affront the judiciary.
"Be assured by the Grace of God our lawyers are working hard to file the appeal within stipulated time. I have told people that it is not in our character to cast aspersions on judges. I have also told people not to speak on my behalf to castigate judges. The tribunal is not the final appellate court on this matter. There is no need of castigating the judiciary.
"Be assured by the Grace of God our lawyers are working hard to file the appeal within stipulated time. I have told people that it is not in our character to cast aspersions on judges. I have also told people not to speak on my behalf to castigate judges. The tribunal is not the final appellate court on this matter. There is no need of castigating the judiciary.
"We are not one of those when judgment favours you, you says you have confidence in the judiciary. When it does not favour you, you lose confidence in the judiciary. I want to say in the past two days, you must have read where they quoted me as saying judicial terrorism or judicial gang-up, I never said so. And I never authorised anybody to say so on this matter," he said.
