{"id":100102,"date":"2022-10-07T21:37:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T20:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=100102"},"modified":"2022-10-07T21:37:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T20:37:41","slug":"just-in-disrobing-omehia-as-an-ex-gov-was-not-politically-motivated-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/just-in-disrobing-omehia-as-an-ex-gov-was-not-politically-motivated-wike\/","title":{"rendered":"Just In: Disrobing Omehia as an Ex-Gov was not politically motivated \u2013 Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has adduced reasons as to why the decision of the Assembly to delist Sir Celestine Omehia as a former Governor is devoid of politics.<\/div>\n
\nHe said it was not true as being insinuated in some quarters that the decision was taken because Omehia was in the presidential campaign council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n

Wike insisted that the 2015 recognition of Omehia by the lawmakers against the judgement of the Supreme Court was an error, which they had mustered courage to correct in 2022.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nThe Governor spoke on Friday when he signed a legal instrument into law activating the resolution passed by the House of Assembly to de-recognise Omehia.<\/p>\n

Wike\u2019s signature on the instrument cancelled all the recognition that was hitherto accorded Omehia the status of a former governor with rights and benefits.<\/p>\n

The Governor signed the instrument at the Executive Council Chambers of the Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt when it was presented to him by the State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor.<\/p>\n

He said he had always respected resolutions from the Assembly and never had any reason to disagree with them.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cYesterday, I received a resolution from the Assembly de-recognising Sir Celestine Omehia, who had enjoyed the privileges of a former governor of the State.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\u201cBut you will recollect that some time in 2007\/2008, my predecessor, His Excellency Chibuike Amaechi did not recongnise Sir Celestine Omehia as a former governor of the State.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we came on board, there were issues and the Assembly felt that, having served as governor, he should enjoy the status of a former governor. I\u2019ve always respected the resolutions of the Assembly. I\u2019ve never one day disagreed with anything the Assembly has sent to me.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

\nWike said the reasons adduced by the leader of the Rivers Assembly that the strength of the information at their disposal compelled them to reverse what they did in 2015.<\/p>\n

The Governor noted that the hallmark of leadership remained the humility to acknowledge that there was an error done in the course of administration and having the courage to correct such error.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThe leader of the house said they have better facts and what are the facts? The facts are the Supreme Court judgment categorically stated that Sir Celestine Omehia was never a governor , because he never stood for any election and that it will be inappropriate for their (assembly) legacy that they didn\u2019t respect the judgement of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

In this part of our country, people will praise you when it suits them, but when you do the uncommon thing, people will not praise you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wike stressed that people should keep politics away from what had been done and further urged people to get a copy of the Supreme Court judgment and understand that it was the right thing to derecognise Omehia in the eye of the law.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI had to call the Attorney General for him to give me his legal opinion as regards the resolution of the Assembly, and rightly the Attorney General said they (assembly) are right.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat in the first instance, the recognition was extra-judicial, that the Assembly has no power to change the judgment of any court, not to talk about the Supreme Court. So, people should understand and not to begin to play politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the Assembly had woken to its conscience and did not want posterity to blame them for an error they had done which they could correct.<\/p>\n

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