Following the alleged false assets declaration by the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnnoghen and his trial slated for Monday 14, 2019, governors from the South/South region has schedule an emergency meeting for Sunday 13, 2019 at Abuja.
The meeting is also in connection with the security status in the Niger Delta region.
According to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media Relations to the Governor òf Bayelsa State, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, stated that the security òf the Niger Delta, during and after the election, the issue of derivation, and recent development involving the Chief Justice of the Federation would feature for deliberation at the meeting.
Expressing his opinion at the development in the Supreme Court, Governor Dickson said that while he was yet to know the full details surrounding the developments at the Supreme Court concerning the CJN, it is a grave and dangerous escalation, coming a few weeks to the general elections.
He said that the South South Governor’s would address a press conference after the meeting to convey the position of the zone to the Nigerian public.
Governor Dickson said that all efforts must be made to prevent the subversion and desecration òf the ethos of democracy in Nigeria as the nation moves nearer to the election.
