The governor of Delta state, Emmanuel Uduaghan last weekappointed to his cabinet, Mofe Pirah, whom his government is alsoprosecuting for murder.

According to court documents available to SaharaReporters, Mr.Pirah and 10 accused persons have recently received summonsesfrom the Court of Appeal in Benin City for the September 1998murder of Mr Samuel .A.K Metseagharun in Warri. In the incident, Mr. Metseagharun, a former chairman and soleadministrator of Delta State Board of Inland Revenue and Chairmanof the Ugborodo (Escravos) Community Trust Governing Council,
was allegedly dragged out of his Mercedes Benz car and beaten todeath by a crowd which included Mr. Pirah.



The Delta State Government objected to the verdict of the High Courtwhich dismissed the murder charges against Mr. Pirah and his co-accused, and filed a notice of appeal through its lawyers led byIghodalo Imadegbelo (SAN). Saharareporters sources claim that before Mr. Pirah was madecommissioner of "Oil and Gas," he had bragged on behalf of himselfand the other accused persons that there was no threat from theCourt of Appeal, claiming that they have reserved N300 million for the judges involved in the case.

He also told family members that they gave the same amount to Hon. Justice S.A. Ehiwario, who decided the case at the high court in 2007. When
SaharaReporterscontacted the Commissioner of information of Delta State, Chike Ogeah, he admitted that Mr. Pirah was indeed the person appointed as commissioner by his boss.

Curiously, he also said the state was satisfied with the high court case which
dismissed the charges against Pirah and others. Asked if he knew about the appeal, it became even more curious when, following consultations with the Attorney General of the state, he answered in the affirmative.


That means that Governor Uduaghan, who is using official resources to pay lawyers to prosecute Mr. Pirah, is now also using official resources to cater for Mr. Pirah as a commissioner. Analysts told SaharaReporters today that it is obvious that the governor has already decided the case at the Court of Appeal, and that Mr. Pirah’s boast that the case will be taken care of has Mr. Uduaghan’s support and perhaps, as much as N300 million walking- around money.

The bizarre situation in Delta State is the latest in Nigeria governments in which the president and some governors appoint relatives, friends, cronies and party-members to office no matter how questionable their integrity or track record.

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Oya beaf come o come oo! Your state in now a gansta's paradise . Nna mehen! See criminal with dark "goggle" appointed as a commissioner and yet shameless you, have the effrontery to be persecuting other governors and calling them rascals? Pathetic!

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What an empty headed grasshopper!
Anyway, I'm quite sure you saw the same thread here: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-737365.0.html

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