Justice Okoro lied, his allegations are baseless – Amaechi

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has called the allegations levelled against him by Justice Inyang Okoro, a Justice of the Supreme Court as “wild and baseless”.

Justice Okoro had in a letter written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mahmoud Muhammed accused Amaechi of approaching him to influence election cases at the Supreme Court.

But in a statement signed by Amaechi, he said no such meeting happened.

He stated, “My attention has been drawn to a letter purportedly written by Honourable Justice Inyang Okoro, Justice of the Supreme Court, one of the judges recently arrested by the DSS as part of its investigation into the allegations of massive corruption involving some officers of the judiciary.

“Given the level of mischief in the social media, I would ordinarily have ignored the letter because the allegations contained in the said letter are wild, baseless and unrelated to the issues in contention between the Justice of the Supreme Court and the Department of State Services. To that extent, I had grave reservation that this letter emanated from his lordship.

“However, for the avoidance of doubt, let me say clearly that I have never discussed any matter pending before the Supreme Court of Nigeria with my lord, Honourable Justice Inyang Okoro, in his house or anywhere else.

“I make bold to also state that the only time I have ever spoken with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, was at the inauguration of the Abuja-Kaduna Railway project on the 26th of July, 2016 at Idu in Abuja.”

He further said, “I believe that the issue of corruption at the highest level of our judiciary should be addressed objectively. It is to say the least demeaning and childish of a Justice of the Supreme Court to imply that the security operatives of our nation will arrest a Justice of our Supreme Court for no reason other than the instructions of a minister.

“Those faced with serious allegations should treat the issue with the seriousness it deserves and stop trying to court public sympathy and trivialise what is clearly a national tragedy.”

Amaechi said he had directed his lawyers “to contact Justice Okoro and take whatever legal steps necessary to clear my (Amaechi) name of this baseless allegation.”

 

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