JUST IN: South-South Governors Summon Emergency Meeting Over CJN

The South-South Governor’s Forum has scheduled an emergency
meeting of the Forum for Sunday.

A statement by the Special Adviser, Media Relation’s to the
Governor òf Bayelsa State, Fidelis Soriwei, said among other
things, deliberation would feature the recent development involving
the Chief Justice of the Federation.

Also to be deliberated at the meeting would be the security òf
the Niger Delta, during and after the elections, and the issue of
derivation.

Expressing his opinion at the development in the Supreme Court,
Governor Dickson said, “While he was yet to know the full details
surrounding the developments at the Supreme Court concerning the
CJN, it is a grave and dangerous escalation coming a few weeks to
the general elections.

“The South-South governors would address a press conference
after the meeting to convey the position of the zone to the
Nigerian public.”

Governor Dickson said that all hands must be on the deck to
prevent the subversion and desecration òf the ethos of democracy as
the nation moves nearer to the election.

TheNigerialawyer had earlier reported that the move to remove
the CJN was launched by ARDI, a group backed by a former south
south governor.