Rivers PDP decries bail granted Chidi Lloyd, petitions NJC

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Rivers State has expressed shock and utter disappointment over the bail granted the former leader of the State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd who is in police detention for attempted murder by an Ahoada High Court today.
“This is a vindication of our fears and alarm that Hon Michael Chindah cannot get justice in Rivers State”, the party said
Alarmed by this seeming contradiction in the face of the ongoing sanitization of the judiciary by the National Judicial Council, NJC, the party described the bail and order stopping further arrest and prosecution of Chidi Lloyd made by Justice Charles N. Wali sitting in Ahoada as a travesty of justice.
A statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media to the state PDP, Jerry Needam queried the logic behind the order by justice Wali in a case properly laid before another judge of coordinate jurisdiction in Port Harcourt who is handling the matter and has adjourned it to Tuesday, August 6, 2013.
Needam noted with disdain, the plot to drag and further implicate the state judiciary in a clear criminal case of attempted murder. This has confirmed its earlier claim and fears that Governor Amaechi and his cohorts are doing all within their power, using his office to get Chidi Lloyd off the hook while his victim, Michael Chinda is dying in a London hospital.
“Why run to Far away Ahoada when the offence for which Hon Lloyd was arrested was committed in Port Harcourt”, the party asked.
The presence of Amaechi’s Commissioner for Agriculture and top aides of the governor of Rivers State in court today, was premeditated to set Chidi Lloyd free.
The Ahoada High Court presided over by Justice Charles Wali lacks jurisdiction to hear the matter, and above all lacks power to order the release of Chidi Lloyd in a criminal case that the suspect is not before him and plea not taken.
This development, the statement said is most unfortunate, shameful and unacceptable to Rivers people, noting that both Governor Amaechi, Chidi Lloyd and Justice Charles N. Wali belong to the same camp and share same sentiments.
The party therefore urged the National Judicial Council, NJC, to as a matter of public importance initiate an immediate investigation into the activities of Justice Charles N. Wali of the Ahoada High Court with a view to unearthing the reasons behind the order which was further ridiculed by succumbing to change the earlier condition that Chidi Lloyd should be stripped of his International Passport to only handing in the photocopy of it, so that he would proceed overseas for medical check-up as argued by his lawyers.
“We should also not lose sight of the far-reaching implications of this abuse of the judicial process where an application touching on an attempted murder suspect who is under another court, is made exparte, heard, and its requests granted ‘intoto’ same day and even went beyond the prayers sought to foreclose further prosecution of the matter”, the statement added.