The Apex Court, in the first official reaction, said unequivocally that Justice Ariwoola never made any comments to the effect that he was happy that his home state governor, Seyi Makinde, is among the G-5 Governors.
“We wish to state unequivocally clear that the CJN, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON, had never at any point said such during his brief remarks at the State Banquet organised as part of the events lined up for the commissioning of the two Judiciary projects undertaken by the Rivers State Government.
“People say whatever they choose to say, just to please their selfish interests and inordinate desires. “We wish to set the record straight by making it clear that the CJN and other senior Judicial Officers drawn from different parts of the country were in Port Harcourt on Thursday and Friday, the 24th and 25th days of November 2022, to commission the two buildings to accommodate the Federal Judicial Service Commission’s South-South Liaison Office and the Hon. Justice Mary Peter-Odili Judicial Institute that was conceptualized and constructed by the Rivers State Government.
“His surprise particularly stemmed from the fact that he saw his own State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde at the Port Harcourt occasion.
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