Oshiomole, Sylva To Answer For The Safety Of Mary Odili – Rivers Govt.

The Rivers state government has said that it will not hold back from taking legal action against the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, if any harm comes to a justice of the Supreme Court, Mary Odili. 

Mary Odili headed the panel that nullified APC candidate, David Lyon's win in the 2019 Bayelsa State election.

Lyon was disqualified by the Supreme Court because his running mate, Biobarakuma Degi-Eriemienyo, had presented false documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The sacking of Lyon led to protesters setting upon the house of the justice on Tuesday.

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In a communique sent out on Wednesday, Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Paulinus Nsirim, had stated, “that the Rivers State Executive Council observed that the Federal Government seems not to show interest in the sponsored threats to the lives of Dr Peter Odili and members of his family”.

He further added, “That the Rivers State Executive Council condemns the barricading of the residence of Dr Peter Odili at Maitama, Abuja by sponsored thugs of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“That the Rivers State Executive Council wondered why Dr Peter Odili’s family should be singled out for the unwarranted attack, when the judgment that ousted David Lyon as Governor of Bayelsa State was a unanimous decision of a five-member panel of Supreme Court Justices.

“That Rivers State Government will hold Timipre Sylva and Adams Oshiomhole responsible if anything happens to Dr Peter Odili and members of his family.”