Justice Nayai Aganaba, a respected State High Court Judge with almost 35 years experience in the temple of Justice would never forget the ugly event that happened in his court in a hurry.
LEADERSHIP Weekend reported lawyers who were in Court scampered for their dear lives as they were being chased out, while those that came with the claimant were badly brutalised. It was also gathered that there were sporadic gun shots at the secretariat of the APC, following the attempts by armed Policemen to arrest some chieftains of the party over allege involvement in the court invasion.
Another chieftain of the party and brother to the claimant, Osom Blackson, told newsmen that those that tore his shirt and dealt him several blows were APC members and known to him. He said, “ They tore my shirt and he escaped from the court with singlet and trouser,” when I saw the boys,I never knew the plan was to distrupt the court and attack us.”
A court valid,who pleaded anonimity, sited the cases in the past where a Judges of Election Petition Tribunal were chased out and evidences tendered in an election matter stolen. He also mentioned a case where a sitting Governor was alleged to have led thugs to invade the Federal High Court over election matters and another case of invasion recorded again at the Federal High during the last election issues.
The Police spokesperson, Asinim Butswat, has also announced that the Commissioner of Police Bayelsa State Command, CP Ben Nebolisa Okolo, has charged Police operatives to intensifies efforts to arrest the fleeing suspects allegedly involved in the Court Invasion. Gov.Diri who also described the attacked Judge as forthright, fearless, impartial and incorruptible, thank God for sparing his life throughout his meritorious service as a Judge, saying the state was very proud of his achievements and will not hesitate to call on him whenever his services were needed.
Earlier, the Bayelsa State Chief Judge, Justice Kate Abiri, said Justice Aganaba served without blemish and urged other Justices to emulate him.”
And why can't the NigBarAssoc declared a Nationwide Courts boycott to enforced rights of the Courts? Where's it's power to redressed? Is it also a toothless Bulldog?
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