Over issues concerning the health, safety and security of an ardent
opponent of the Rivers State government, Ojukaye Flag Amachree, who has
remained in incarceration for over 5 months, thousands of civil society
protesters this morning, staged a massive protest in front of the Port
Harcourt Prisons Service.
It was gathered that Amachree, a chieftain of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Rivers State is facing murder trial before a Rivers
State High Court.
The trial judge, Mrs. Meg Opara, wife of a prominent PDP chieftain,
Chief Austin Opara, had denied the politician bail on health grounds.
The protesters are calling for rule of law, fairness and equity in line
with known criminal procedures. They are demanding the resignation of
the Rivers Chief Judge who they say is a 'loyal legal Adviser to Gov. Wike.'
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