Rivers Assembly Petitions DSS To Probe Alleged Age Falsification By Chief Judge of The State
Prince Woke, Port Harcourt
The Rivers State House of Assembly, on Thursday, at its 135th Legislative Sitting, resolved to write to the Department of State Service (DSS) to investigate the allegation of age falsification leveled against the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Hon. Simeon Amadi, following a statement by the Leader, Hon.. Major Jack.
Riding on Order 23 of the Standing Orders of the House, Hon. Jack laid a document on the table claiming that Hon. Justice Amadi falsified his age in the civil service. Speaking to the document, Members argued that falsification is a serious offense, but the allegation must first be proven, and urged relevant security agencies to help the House investigate the allegation.
Commenting, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Martin Amaewhule stated that the House, though empowered to investigate by the provisions of Section 128 of the Constitution, the Governor of the State has barred all heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies not to appear before the House or assist the House in the conduct of investigation. So, the House is calling on the Department of State Service to institute an investigation on the alleged age falsification by the Chief Judge to ascertain the veracity or otherwise of the allegation, which will be forwarded to the National Judicial Council(NJC).
The Speaker, thereafter, put the question, and the House voted in the affirmative, calling on the DSS to investigate the Hon. Chief Judge.
