Nigeria, March 25 -- The Supreme Court has denied media speculations that one of its justices, Emmanuel Agim, accompanied the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to the University of Calabar (UNICAL)'s convocation ceremony on Saturday, 22 March.

The Supreme Court's Director of Information & Public Relations, Festus Akande, issued the denial in a statement on Monday.

"We wish to emphasise that Justice Emmanuel Agim's participation at the ceremony was independent and not as an official representative of any government ministry or department, let alone accompanying any serving or retired government official.

"Any insinuation to the contrary is not only inaccurate but undermines the judicial independence that is crucial...