Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has accused some legal luminaries of interpreting the law blindly to please their pay master.
Governor Fubara made the allegation during the Opening of the 2024/ 2025 Legal Year and Rededication Service at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul’s, Anglican Communion, Diobu in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
The governor, who urged the legal luminaries to be fair and just, added he will never call any judge to do anything that is wrong, and asked them to disgrace him publicly if he does.
“We will give you all the support. We won’t call you to do anything that is wrong. If I do, disgrace me publicly. Likewise if they call you, be bold enough to tell the world that they have called me; I will not do it.
“I want to thank the Rivers State Judiciary, more especially, the High Court of Rivers State for your support, for keeping this administration afloat up untill this hour.
“We know quite alright that a good number of you have been threatened, by way of phone calls and even physical assault. We are also aware that some of you have also been threatened professionally through petitions that are fake and frivolous.
“But one thing that you need to understand is that you must be persecuted when you are doing the right thing.
“And those of you who are doing the right thing that are being fought from all sides, be courageous. Very soon this whole thing will be over. Nothing last forever.
“What we are praying for in this country is institutional strength and not individual strength.
“Institutional strength is the only thing that will bring development in this country.
