Two sons of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Mohammed Tanko, has reportedly arrested by the DSS over the Bayelsa Governorship election legal tussle.
According to sources familiar with the schemes, DSS operatives seized their phones went through call logs and messages of the two brothers, looking for elements to implicate the Chief Justice and link him with bizarre corruption issues over the Bayelsa judgement.
The Supreme Court had fixed Wednesday for the hearing of the All
Progressives Congress’ application for a review of its February 13, 2020 judgment which overturned its victory in the last governorship election in Bayelsa State
Sources told NEWSIE EVENT that following fears they might once
again lose at the apex court, the APC decided to intimidate the
judiciary, piling pressure on CJN Tanko to review the Supreme Court
judgment on Bayelsa state governorship election.
Sirajo and Sani were detained by the DSS to compel the CJN to review the judgment in favour of the APC.
Investigation revealed that while Sirajo has been
released, Sani is still kept in detention