Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has asked the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to ensure that those involved in the siege on Justice Mary Odili’s residence face the full wrath of the law.
Speaking during a visit to the police chief at the Force Headquarters on Tuesday in Abuja, Wike commended the IGP and his team for the arrest of some of the suspects involved in the condemnable invasion.
He said it is curious that weeks after the obnoxious invasion of Justice Odili’s residence, the magistrate who issued the search warrant, has not been interrogated to account for his action.
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“We believe, we should get to the root of this matter and anybody who is directly or indirectly involved should face the wrath of the law,” the governor was quoted as saying in a statement by his spokesman, Kelvin Ebiri.
“It does not matter the person’s position. That is the only way somebody can stop saying if a Justice of Supreme Court, second in command, could face this, what about the ordinary people, what will happen? I am quite confident that you will unravel whatever that has happened.”
Wike expressed concern that if all culprits are not arrested and prosecuted, law abiding citizens will be reluctant to grant access to their residence to anyone that brandishes a search warrant at them.
This is even as he pointed out that the October 29 incident has generated a lot of reactions and negative perception about the activities of some security agencies.
In his remark, IGP Baba said the suspects involved in the invasion of Justice Odili’s residence were still in police custody amid an ongoing investigation.
Reacting to the magistrate who issued the search warrant, he explained that the police had written to the Chief Registrar of the Federal Capital Territory requesting for his release.
“We wrote a letter to the Chief Registrar of FCT to release the magistrate, and instead of releasing him, they replied our letter, plus his statement to us. So, we don’t want to pick any quarrel,” the IGP said.
“What we needed was the statement. We are working on the statement. He has not denied the fact that he issued a search warrant and that is what we wanted to confirm.”
