In view of the recent arrest of some judges
over allegations of corruption, former Ekiti
state governor and Deputy National
Chairman (South) of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), Segun Oni says if he was a
supreme court judge, he would have arrested
former Rivers state governor now Minister of
Transport, Rotimi Amaechi.
Oni said this while reacting to claims by two
of the arrested judges, Justices Sylvester
Ngwuta and Justice John Okoro, that
Amaechi when he was still governor,
approached them with bribe so they can
influence the election petitions results of
some state elections.
Speaking to some journalists yesterday, Oni
said if the Supreme court judges were indeed
upright, they would have ordered the arrest
of Amaechi immediately he approached them
with bribe.
“I am not in the position to defend
Amaechi, but I feel very very sad. I am
very sad that a justice of the Supreme
Court could come up much later to say
somebody attempted to bribe him. If I
am a justice of the Supreme Court,
that person would not spend another
week before he is arrested. So,
because it is a crime, if you see
somebody committing crime and you
keep quiet and now you are talking
about it, do you want people to take
you seriously? It’s like somebody
saying I saw somebody committed
rape last year and I didn’t do anything
about it. I don’t think that sounds
wise. I am not exonerating anybody
and there can be investigation.”Oni
said
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