Appeal Court nullified my election but I’m providing conducive environment for judiciary – Wike

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday disclosed that he ensured that judicial officers got conducive environment despite losing an election appeal at the Court of Appeal.

Wike disclosed that the Appeal Court nullified his election but he remains steadfast in providing a conducive environment for judicial officers.

He made the disclosure during the
commissioning of Judges Quarters (Court of Appeal) and Flag-Off Construction of Quarters for Industrial Court, Code of Conduct Tribunal by President Bola Tinubu.

Tinubu was represented by the commissioning by the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi.

However, Wike also noted that Federal Government can’t carry out all projects, hence states should be involved.

According to Wike: “Federal government can’t do everything, I challenge states, governors, if there is one division in state A and the governor knows that the Federal High Court is there, who are they rendering services to? They are not rendering services to state B but A.

“The Court of Appeal is there, whom are they rendering services to? It’s your state, the Industrial Court is there. When I was governor, we used to go to Bayelsa State for Industrial Court and 80 percent of the cases came from Rivers.

“So I said why are we going to Bayelsa, I met the then-President of Industrial Court, why do we go to Bayelsa and he said the state was not willing but I said ‘I’m willing, give me the designs and we built for them , provided accomodations for them and today our people no longer go to Bayelsa to have there cases.

“Justice Bulkachuwa was the president of the Court of Appeal and my election was nullified, so ordinary I will not agree to do anything but whose going to lose? My people in the state will lose.

“Look at the residences of the Justices, so I didn’t wait for the Federal Government, if I had waited for the Federal Government it would take a longer time. So I challenge states not to leave everything to the Federal government.”