WIKE RAISES ALARM OVER PLANNED SEARCH ON ABUJA RESIDENCE......It Will Violate My Constitutionally Guaranteed Immunity

The Rivers state Governor, Barrister Nyesom Wike has asked a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja to restrain the Inspector-General of Police, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) from conducting a search on his home.


The Governor is praying the court to declare that the planned search would violate his constitutionally guaranteed immunity.

Wike asked the court to determine whether Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution precludes the defendants from applying for, or obtaining any process of any court requiring or compelling his appearance.

He is also seeking a declaration that; "by virtue of the provisions of section 308 of the Constitution, the defendants or their agents cannot apply for, obtain, issue or in any way or manner howsoever execute any court process requiring his appearance".

The governor, who is one front line stalwart of the opposition government, the People's Democratic Party, PDP, disclosed at a press conference in Port Harcourt that the defendants intend to raid his Abuja residence to incriminate him in an unspecified crime through the recovery of huge sums of money, firearms and expensive wristwatches.

Governor Wike is praying that "the raid cannot be carried out while he is still a governor, by virtue of the combined effects of Section 308 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and sections 149 (1) and 150 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015".

 (The Guardian)