The political disaster in Rivers State has assumed a brand new dimension, as six elders within the state have dragged President Bola Tinubu earlier than a Federal Excessive Court docket sitting in Abuja for allegedly compelling Governor Siminilaya Fubara to enter into an unconstitutional settlement.
The plaintiffs led by a member of the Rivers State Home of Meeting representing Bonny State Constituency, Hon. Victor Okon Jumbo, are Senator Bennett Birabi, Senator Andrew Uchendu, Rear Admiral O.P. Fingesi, Ann Kio Briggs, and Emmanuel Deinma.
They maintained that the stated settlement, which was signed on December 18, was not solely unlawful however amounted to an usurpation, nullification, and undermining of the extant/binding related provisions of the 1999 Structure, as amended and consequently prayed the court docket to, amongst different issues, decide whether or not Nigeria President, Governor Fubara, and the Rivers State Meeting have the rights and are entitled to enter into any settlement that has the impact of nullifying or undermining the constitutional/authorized efficiency of the provisions of Part 109(I)(g) and (2) of the 1999 Structure, as amended.
They contended that neither Nigeria President nor Governor Fubara have the statutory powers to cease the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) from conducting contemporary elections to switch the 27 Rivers State lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Occasion(PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC.)
Other than Nigeria President, who was cited as the first defendant within the swimsuit numbered: FHC/ABJ/CS/1718/2023, different defendants within the matter are the Legal professional Basic of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Governor Fubara, the Rivers Meeting, Speaker of the Rivers State Meeting, and the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
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