APC Governor Obaseki absent as South-South governors meet
Governor
Godwin Obaseki was absent at the meeting of South-South governors in Abuja on
Sunday.
According
to Premium Times ,the governors are discussing the fallout of the scheduled
trial of Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen.
The
meeting, which began at 4:00 p.m. and still underway as of 5:49 p.m., is
chaired by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State.
Governors
Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, Ben Ayade of Cross River and Nyesom Wike of Rivers
State are amongst those present. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta was absent but
reportedly sent a representative, although this has not been independently.
Of the
six governors in the South-South, Mr Obaseki is the only one belonging to the
All Progressives Congress (APC), which controls Nigeria’s political centre.
The
remaining five governors belong to the Peoples Democratic Party (APC),
Nigeria’s main opposition party.
A
spokesperson for Mr Obaseki told PREMIUM TIMES the governor was attending a
meeting in Lagos.
“The
governors are having an emergency meeting in Abuja, but Governor Obaseki is in
Lagos attending to official engagement he had preciously scheduled,”
spokesperson Crusoe Osagie said. He said the governor did not shun the meeting
because he is associated with the APC which is prosecuting the chief justice.
Despite
the outrage that greeted the planned prosecution, the APC has formally backed
the move, saying in a Sunday afternoon statement the Buhari administration’s
fight against corruption would not tolerate sacred cows.
Mr
Onnoghen, from Cross River, has been accused of improper declaration of assets,
with the Nigerian government filing six charges that it said violated the code
of conduct law for public officers.
The
chief judge strongly denied all allegations against him. He is expected to be
arraigned on January 14 in Abuja.
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