Raid on Justice Odili’s House Impunity Taken Too Far, Says Supreme Court As body of senior advocates call for thorough investigation Incident part of APC’s plot to hijack 2023 elections, PDPalleges Chuks Okocha and Alex Enumah in Abuja The Supreme Court yesterday said the raid on the Abuja residence of Justice Mary PeterOdili, a justice of the apex court and next in line to the Chief
Justice of Nigeria (CJN), was "impunity taken too far." The Supreme Court, in a statement by its Director of Information, Dr. Festus Akande, warned that the judiciary should not be misconstrued by anyone or institution of
government as the weeping child among the arms of government. It was the first reaction of the Supreme Court to the incident, which occurred on Friday. Over 50 security operatives, comprising personnel
of the Nigeria Police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had invaded Odili’s house situated at 7 Imo River Street, Maitama, Abuja. While the action of the security agencies came under
heavy criticism, the Nigeria Police, EFCC, and Attorney General of the Federation denied involvement in the incident. Even the Magistrate, who issued the search warrant upon which the said security
operatives under the AGF acted, claimed he was misled and subsequently revoked the search order. The apex court described the action of the security operatives Continued on page 10
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Furious Sanwo-Olu Visits Ikoyi Building Collapse Scene, Suspends LASBCA GM Sets up panel of enquiry as death toll climbs to 19, nine rescued IGP visits site, Humanitarian Minister mobilises NEMA Gbajabiamila, others condole with Lagos Govt Another building collapses in Lagos Segun James and Udora Orizu in Abuja As rescue efforts intensify to
try to pull out more persons from the debris of the 21-storey building, which collapsed at Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday,
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the wee hours of today visited the scene of the incident. He had earlier ordered the indefinite
suspension of General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Mr. Gbolahan Oki.
Sanwo-Olu, furious at the building tragedy arrived the site around 1.am this morning and encouraged all federal and
state agencies involved in rescue operations. Earlier yesterday, the governor Continued on page 10
Anambra Poll: Capacity to Mobilise Voters Despite Security Challenges May Be the Decider How insecurity, IPOB’s threat may undercut chances of parties, candidates Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja With voter apathy likely in Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State, a situation occasioned by the
palpable insecurity in the state and accentuated by the fear of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), victory amongst the three big contender parties – the All Progressives Grand
Alliance (APGA), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) – might be dependent on the fallout of the recent governorship debate organised
by Arise News Channel. The difference between victory and defeat will ultimately come down to who amongst the three front runners is better able to mobilise his party's
supporters to go out and vote even as the threat from IPOB looms over the election. What this means is that the performance of each of the candidates of the three major
parties: Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, Andy Uba of APC and Valentine Ozigbo of the PDP, at the debate might ultimately Continued on page 10
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