Breaking: Tinubu told to immediately reverse Fubara’s suspension and emergency rule in Rivers state, see full details

• The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to instantly reappraisal the exigency regularisation successful Rivers state
• Legit.ng recalls that connected Tuesday evening, March 18, Tinubu declared a authorities of exigency successful Rivers pursuing the prolonged governmental situation successful the south-south state
• Reacting successful a statement, the bluish elders explained that the president’s enactment of suspending elected members of the authorities authorities is off-the-mark

Legit.ng writer Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering politics, elections, and governance successful Nigeria.

Port Harcourt, Rivers authorities - The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) connected Friday, March 21, expressed displeasure implicit the caller governmental improvement successful Rivers state.

In a statement, Professor Abubakar Jika Jiddere, NEF's spokesperson, called connected President Bola Tinubu to instantly reinstate the suspended governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy, Ngozi Nma Odu, Daily Trust reported.

Northern elders fume implicit Governor Siminalayi Fubara's suspension successful Rivers authorities by President Tinubu.
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Legit.ng earlier reported that Tinubu declared a state of emergency successful the oil-rich south-southern authorities connected Tuesday, March 18, citing the lingering governmental crisis.

The president besides suspended Governor Fubara, Deputy Governor Odu, and each the location of assembly members for an archetypal six months.

Against the backdrop of the development, NEF argued that adjacent though President Tinubu has the law powerfulness to state a authorities of exigency connected the federation oregon immoderate portion of it, the concern successful Rivers authorities did not warrant an exigency rule.

The bluish elders said:

“The president whitethorn by instrumentality published successful the authoritative gazette of the authorities of the federation contented a proclamation of a authorities of exigency successful the Federation oregon immoderate portion thereof.“However, the president tin lone bash so, if and lone if, immoderate of the conditions stated successful subsection 3 of Section 305 really hap which includes war, imminent invasion, breakdown of nationalist order, wide and contiguous danger, catastrophe oregon earthy calamity, different nationalist danger, oregon a petition from the politician of the state.”“It is simply a nationalist cognition and indisputable information that nary of these conditions really happened successful Rivers state. Except possibly for idiosyncratic vendetta successful confederation with the President’s serving national curate of the FCT and the contiguous past politician of Rivers authorities who has been successful idiosyncratic struggle with the suspended Governor for selfish interests alternatively than nationalist good.“The national authorities and the President, successful particular, indispensable find a viable and imperishable solution to the governmental situation successful Rivers state, and besides instantly assistance the suspension of the governor, lawman politician and authorities assembly to reconstruct the tone of democracy, justness and nationalist order.”

Furthermore, NEF advised the Tinubu-led authorities to defender against the escalation of governmental disputes successful states similar Kano, wherever determination exists a tussle successful the accepted instauration of the Kano Emirate.

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Rivers: Tinubu's govt deploys 10,000 troops

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Tinubu authorities deployed 10,000 Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) unit to Rivers state.

Afolabi Babawale, NSCDC spokesperson, confirmed the deployment. According to him, his colleagues were tasked with protecting captious infrastructure and preventing pipeline vandalism, peculiarly successful the Niger Delta country of the astir populous achromatic federation connected Earth.

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Source: Legit.ng