Reported Probe of Supreme Court Judges is False - APC Chairman, Oyegun's Statement

Posted by Odinaka on Thu 04th Feb, 2016 - tori.ng

In a news gone viral earlier today, the chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress, has denied demanding the investigation of Supreme Court judges for affirming the election victories of Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Abia State governors.

APC chairman, John Oyegun

In a statement by the APC’s national secretary, Mala Buni, on Thursday, the chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has denied demanding the investigation of Supreme Court judges for affirming the election victories of Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Abia State governors.

"The report by Vanguard titled, 'Oyegun Calls for Probe of Supreme Court Judges' was false. The party wishes to deny this report in the strongest terms," the statement said.

The three states are led by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The statement reads;

"As much as he expressed ‘total astonishment’ over the ruling of the Supreme Court, the National Chairman of the Party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, never called for the investigation of Supreme Court judges.

Indeed, a copy of the statement issued following Chief Odigie-Oyegun’s meeting with the APC delegation from Rivers State was widely circulated. At no time during the meeting or in the statement referred to did the National Chairman make such a call for the probe of Supreme Court Judges. What transpired at the meeting was correctly reported in other media outlets.

Given that the author of the Vanguard report was not physically at the venue of this event, but relied on this statement, it is baffling that he gave this slant to the story," it said.

It can be recalled that we reported it here that Nigerian Senator representing Bayelsa East constituency in the National Assembly, Ben Murray-Bruce, took a swipe at the national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), John Oyegun, over his viral statement.