{"id":11847,"date":"2016-10-09T18:55:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T18:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11847"},"modified":"2016-10-09T18:55:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T18:55:33","slug":"2-million-in-a-judge-home-dss-lied-gov-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11847","title":{"rendered":"$2 million in a Judge home: DSS lied \u2014 Gov. Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike said\u00a0the statement\u00a0released by the Department of State Security Service(DSS) detailing how operatives found a huge amount of money during nationwide raids on homes of judges between\u00a0Friday\u00a0and\u00a0Saturday\u00a0was \u201cconcocted\u201d to justify an \u201cunconstitutional assault on the nation\u2019s judiciary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is really unfortunate that DSS would concoct a false defence that $2 million \u2014that is N900 million\u2014 was found in the house of the judge,\u201d Mr. Wike said, describing it as \u201cflimsy excuses\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=11056&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Wike made the remark when he met with the management and players of Rivers United Football Club in Port-Harcourt on Saturday\u00a0night, hours after a standoff involving him and authorities nearly turned fatal.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Wike said he prevented the DSS from arresting the judge because they could kill him and use that as a pretext to say the state was not safe and to prepare grounds for declaration of a state of emergency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they had abducted the judge, they may go ahead to kill the judge and they will say that Rivers State is insecure,\u201d Mr. Wike said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Wike said the SSS was wrong to seek arrest of a serving judge in such a manner, saying there exist legal procedures for checking and prosecuting errant jurists or other public officers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the police, erring and corrupt policemen are first given orderly room trial, sacked and then appropriately prosecuted,\u201d Mr. Wike said. \u201cFor judicial officers, the DSS has no role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not in support of any judicial support being involved in corruption,\u201d but \u201cthis impunity must stop.\u201d<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cat.nl.eu.criteo.com\/delivery\/lg.php?cppv=1&amp;cpp=TE%2BcnXw0S2owRE9XdXRmRFV2VDBHQ3ZvWmNKNzNFQ2JMZFpkT0gzVFYwYWdEM3VoV0t4TUhwa09HNFFQaFVKZ1VoekEwR241U2VEcmQ4Y0ExWC84bWNzNm9DT1ZYZGNxd0JoRFhMcXJyMjlrYmdGWS9lMkpZbmFaeGtrVW9PVGxuR2tOaklOaElJZEk4Mk81NXFpeDVPSzJ6SDhQTEkyeHowaFhMVFE5aXNMMUdnWUFBR2pRTU1GVVo4YjVHSVRSOXZXbTFJaEl5RkJjUVUzck0yZnZ5WGVJV0xSSXcxa08rOWozRXhKaGJBS0xWYVlVPXw%3D\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The name of the judge in whose home the large sum of money was allegedly found has not been officially released. But sources identified him as Abdullahi Liman of the Port-Harcourt Division of the Federal High Court.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Wike said he remained unfazed in the face of the \u201cblackmail\u201d and will continue to protect the people of his state, notwithstanding the price.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way things are going nobody should relax. Freedom comes with sacrifice. Independence comes with sacrifice. Liberty comes with sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was there with our state and National Assembly members, Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara; the PDP Chairman, Felix Obuah; and some caretaker chairmen. When they said I was with thugs I just laughed,\u201d Mr. Wike said.<\/p>\n<p>The nationwide crackdown on the judges from high to appellate courts attracted widespread condemnation of the DSS, with eminent citizens and professional groups<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7512\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wike.jpg\" alt=\"Wike\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9619\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Alayo 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> calling on President Buhari to immediately order the release of the judges.<\/p>\n<p>The DSS could not be reached for comment for this story.<\/p>\n<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=11056&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike said\u00a0the statement\u00a0released by the Department of State Security Service(DSS) detailing how operatives found a huge amount of money during nationwide raids on homes of judges between\u00a0Friday\u00a0and\u00a0Saturday\u00a0was \u201cconcocted\u201d to justify an \u201cunconstitutional assault on the nation\u2019s judiciary.\u201d \u201cIt is really unfortunate that DSS would concoct a false defence that $2 million \u2014that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[643,1253],"class_list":["post-11847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-dss","tag-nyesom-wike"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wike.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-355","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11848,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11847\/revisions\/11848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}