Wike’s boast of pocketing judiciary costs CJN Onnoghen his job, now grabbing people’s land in the name of Tinubu –  Adeyanju 

 

Deji Adeyanju, a human rights lawyer, claims that Nyesom Wike’s boast about controlling the judiciary led to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s order for the raid on judges’ homes in 2016 and the removal of Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen from office in 2019.

 

Adeyanju asserts that Wike’s bragging was the catalyst for the actions.

 

This revelation comes as a response to Wike’s earlier statement, alleging that Adeyanju held a grudge against him for not supporting his bid to become the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

 

Recall that the Department of State Services (DSS) raided the homes of some judges in various states in 2016, including in Abuja and Port Harcourt. The CJN was later removed in 2019.

 

Adeyanju said at a press conference on Friday, that: “Wike is the reason why they raided the homes of judges.

 

“Wike was one of the reasons, allegedly why the former CJN was removed from office. He kept going around saying that he had judiciary in his pocket. And he was mentioning names,” says Adeyanju who compared the FCT Minister with controversial music star, Portable.

 

Portable is reputed for giving out personal details that should otherwise remain private.

 

Adeyanju added: “The only difference between him and Portable is that when you do something with Portable, at least Portable will not go against you and betray you. But no matter what you do for Nyesom Wike, he will betray you.”

 

Adeyanju claimed that Wike has been dropping the names of the president and his wife as those urging him to confiscate lands of Nigerians in Abuja.

 

He said: “In his response of our criticism of him trying to buy the judiciary and pocket the judiciary, he said it is the President that asked him to be building houses for judges and giving judges cars. Was he not building houses for judges when he was governor of Rivers State? Was it Bola Ahmed Tinubu that told him to be building houses for judges and buying them cars when he was governor of Rivers State?

 

 

“All these land grabbing he is doing, the people that are doing this deal with him, he will soon expose them. He is already saying that it is Tinubu that told him to be grabbing people’s land in the FCT. That it is Tinubu’s wife. He is telling people already. “