South- South governors have scheduled an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss recent developments concerning the planned arraignment of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen before the Code of Conduct Bureau.
According to Bayelsa State Governor Henry Seriake Dickson who also doubles as the chairman of the forum, also to be discussed are security concerns in South- South states ahead the 2019 general elections and the issue of the derivation.
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The Special Adviser to the governor on media relations, Mr Fidelis Soriwei in a statement said the meeting would hold in Abuja.
Soriwei Dickson however expressed his views concerning the CJN describing the development” a grave and dangerous escalation coming few weeks to the general election”
He said that the South South Governor’s would address a press conference after the meeting to convey the position of the zone to the Nigerian public.
Governor Dickson said that all efforts must be on deck to prevent the subversion and desecration of the ethos of democracy in Nigeria as nation moves nearer to the election.
