According to Sahara Reporter, justice John Inyang Okoro of the Nigerian Supreme Court has alleged that Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi and Umana Umana, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom, tried on separate occasions to bribe him in order for him to invalidate the outcome of the 2015 governorship election in Akwa Ibom.
Justice Okoro, one of two justices of the Supreme Court targeted by agents of the Department of State Security (DSS) in a recent operation against allegedly corrupt judges, disclosed the effort to bribe him in a letter he wrote to the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC). Justice Okoro wrote that his ordeal was likely tied to former Governor Amaechi’s visit to his residence, alleging that the minister “said that the President of Nigeria and the All Progressives Congress mandated him to inform me that they must win their election appeals in respect of Rivers State, Akwa Ibom State and Abia State at all costs.” Justice Okoro also claimed that Mr. Amaechi stated that he “sponsored Mr. Umana Umana, candidate of All Progressives Congress for that election and that if he lost Akwa Ibom appeal, he would have lost a fortune.”
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