The Supreme Court of Nigeria has denied allegations that the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, was questioned by the Department of State Service (DSS) over purported pro-Wike political utterances.
The Supreme Court also refuted rumors that five Justices of the Court had urged the CJN’s resignation over the same problem.
In a statement issued by the Court’s Director of Information and Press, Dr Festus Akande, the highest Court cautioned individuals spreading the rumors to stop in their own best interests.
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The Supreme Court’s answer comes in response to an online publication reporting that Justice Ariwoola was questioned by the DSS about purported political remarks he made in Port Harcourt at a public function.
The statement read in part, “We have read with dismay and shock a publication with the above caption by an online media outfit, “People’s Gazette,” alleging that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, was grilled by the DSS for the remarks he made in ‘Port Harcourt at a state banquet’ and that ‘five Justices of Supreme Court are calling for his resignation.’
“Just like our earlier press statement debunking this barefaced falsehood and mischievous antics aimed at scoring very cheap and unpopular political gains in this era of aggressive and mudslinging politicking, we wish to state in very clear and unmistaken terms, that this is yet another round of the avalanche of lies that have been disingenuously packaged by individuals with an unenviable pedigree to malign the character and personality of not just the CJN but several other Judicial Officers that they considered to be too unpliable and principled to be approached for any form of underhand dealings, especially as election cases (petitions) will soon be streaming to the tribunals (courts) for adjudication.”
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According to the statement, individuals with evil motivations have prepared plans to launch all sort of concerted attacks on Judicial Officers, beginning with the CJN, with the goal of arm-twisting, blackmailing, and humiliating them into silence, ultimately for their ulterior motives.
The statement went on to say that the book was filled with tissues of lies, non-existent sources of information, and unfounded claims, and that it plainly demonstrated the writers’ unwholesome objectives.
It further stated that no single Justice of the Supreme Court has asked the CJN to quit, and no Justice of the Supreme Court has written or is currently composing any letter of complaint.
“Neither the CJN nor the Honourable Justices of the Supreme Court or other Courts for that matter, are politicians, so, none of them should be dragged into politics in any form whatsoever.
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“Our advice to this set of rabble-rousers whose stock in trade is character assassination via dissemination of false information to create tension and disaffection is to have a rethink and engage in meaningful productive activities that will move the nation forward. A word is enough for the wise,” the statement said.
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