The South South Governors’ Forum has scheduled an emergency meeting of the Forum for tomorrow, Sunday, December 13, 2019.

A statement on Saturday night by Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, Special Adviser, Media Relations, to the Governor of Bayelsa State, The Honourable Seriake Dickson, said that the security of the Niger Delta, during and after the forthcoming general elections, the issue of derivation, and recent development involving the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, would feature for deliberation at the meeting.

News Express had on Saturday afternoon reported that the Federal Government has directed Justice Onnoghen to leave office immediately and that he is scheduled for trial on Monday at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for alleged assets declaration offences.

Commenting on the issue in Saturday night’s statement, Governor Dickson said that while he was yet to know the full details surrounding the developments at the Supreme Court concerning the CJN, “it is a grave and dangerous escalation, coming a few weeks to the general elections.”

He said that the South South Governors would address a press conference after the meeting to convey the position of the zone to the Nigerian public.

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 elections.”