Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Ita Enang has accused the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike of treating judges in the state badly. This is for illegally withholding what belongs to them.
Enang, in a chat with journalists at the weekend said Wike has blatantly refused to grant the judiciary, financial autonomy.
He said funds meant for the judiciary should be released to them and that building law courts and houses for judicial officers are not enough.
“It is not that you have to build the courts for the judiciary, it is not that you have to do anything for the judiciary. it is that the governor of Rivers state and other states should release the money of the judiciary to the judiciary; to be used by the judiciary on the judiciary and to be accounted for by the judiciary”, he said.
“Nobody should clap for Governor Wike, we should tell him the truth. He keeps saying ‘my money if you touch my money’. The money does not belong to the governor of a state”
“We thank His Excellency Governor Wike for what he has done for the federal high court, for what he has done for the Nigerian Law School, for anything he has done for any other federal arm of government but Rivers state has done very badly in terms of treatment of the judiciary of Rivers state”, he added.
The Governor, had last month said that that the State Government will not enact a bill for financial autonomy of the judiciary.
