Rivers APC brands Gov Fubara’s judicial panel a witch hunt

The Acting Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, has described the judicial panel of inquiry set up by Governor Siminilaye Fubara in the state as a witch hunt.

The governor had early this month set up a seven-man panel headed by Justice Ibiwengi Minakiri to investigate the violence that trailed the local government election in the state.

In a statement issued on Thursday in Port Harcourt, the APC chairman said there was no sincerity in the governor’s decision to set up the panel.

He said: “The Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the bombing of Local Government offices is just a witch hunt.

“The governor merely wants to use it to deal with his perceived enemies.

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“The said election itself was illegal and, thus, a nullity.

“The governor has said that he knows the people that attacked the local government secretariats.

“If he knows the people, why not just ask the police to arrest them? Why is he setting up a judicial commission of inquiry?

“If the governor wants justice, the terms of reference of the commission should be all-inclusive.

“All issues of bombing should be probed. The House of Assembly bombing should be probed.

“We also want the bombing of the APC State headquarters to be probed. We do not want selective probes. We want to see a genuine search for justice.

“Let’s have a full package that involves all cases of arson. That is the only way the Rivers government can do justice.”

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