The US government reportedly denied visas to seven Supreme Court Justices in order for them to attend a judges’ conference in the country.
Former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, made the remark while delivering the keynote presentation at the publication of the biography of a retired Federal High Court judge, Judge Charles Archibong.
Duke said that the Supreme Court judges were denied visas because of their decision to appoint Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Imo State governor.
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The former governor alleged that the Supreme Court judges’ visa was denied by the US Embassy in Nigeria due to a miscarriage of justice in the case.
Duke, on the other hand, stated that the aides who applied with the justices were all granted US visa.
In a unanimous decision read by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court found that results from 388 polling units were unjustly excluded during the compilation of the final governorship election result in Imo State.
Judge Tanko Muhammad, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Justice Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta, Justice Amiru Sanusi, Justice Amina Augie, and Justice Uwanimusa Abba Aji are the other justices on the panel.
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In addition, Duke stated that the US government will refuse the existing judges of the Supreme Court following their verdict on the Yobe North Senate ticket squabble.
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