N’Delta agitators give Nigerian govt 14-day ultimatum to fish out invaders of Justice Odili’s home

The Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators has issued the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to publicly parade and prosecute those who invaded the house of Justice Mary Odili’s in Abuja.

The Coalition gave the ultimatum in a statement on Sunday after its general assembly meeting.

The statement, jointly signed by Gen. John Dukku and Gen. Ekpo Ekpo read, “We, therefore, warn that on no account should the recent invasion of Honourable Justice Mary Odili’s home be swept under carpet as we are watching every event. Who ordered the invasion? What was his motive(s)? Why is such an illegal invasion important now?

Read also: Invaders of Justice Odili’s home on assassination mission – Supreme Court

“If the government failed to answer above questions and apologise to Odili’s family, Niger Delta people and prosecute the perpetrators within the next fourteen (14) days, we shall not hesitate to let the Nigerian government and whole world know about how we feel about all these intimidations and harassments of our people in a way they would understand.”

The Coalition stated that it views the action as a ploy to intimidate, harass, humiliate and forcefully evict Justice Odili from her current position in the Supreme Court.

Furthermore, the statement read: “We have carefully studied the situation and events that led to the invasion of Justice Odili’s home, the siege by the combined team of Department of State Services (DSS), Army, Police and eventual unlawful invasion of the property without a valid search warrant by agents of the state, and we want to state that this is an affront on the sensibility of the Niger Delta people.

“We can authoritatively say that the only offence of Honourable Justice Mary Odili is because she is the second-highest-ranking Judge in the Supreme Court of Nigeria and she is from the Niger Delta region.”

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now