Rivers crisis: Court sacks Tinubu's sole administrator? Fact emerges

• The Rivers authorities judiciary has dismissed the study that it issued an bid to annul the assignment of a sole head successful the state
• Chief Registrar David Ihua-Maduenyi, successful a connection connected Thursday, April 17, clarified that the tribunal did not contented an bid to resume instantly to suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara
• The judiciary past urged the nationalist to disregard the study that it gave an injunction connected the taxable matter, adding that it was false

Port Harcourt, Rivers - The Rivers High Court successful Port Harcourt has denied the study that the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara has obtained a tribunal bid to instrumentality to bureau and allegedly ordered the sole head to vacate the authorities location with contiguous effect.

An online medium, not Legit.ng, had claimed that Justice Boma Diepriye of the proceedings tribunal ruled that President Bola Tinubu's assignment of a sole head was “illegal, null, and void”.

The judiciary denies removing Rivers' sole head from office Photo Credit: @Imranmuhdz
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Rivers: Chief registrar denies tribunal sacking sole administrator

But Chief Registrar David Ihua-Maduenyi, successful a connection connected Thursday, April 17, clarified that Justice Boma Diepriye, whose sanction was mistakenly listed arsenic the 1 successful the report, was not a justice of the Federal High Court but of the Rivers State High Court.

The connection further added that Justice Diepriye was presently connected Easter vacation, which started connected April 14. It added that lone a designated abrogation justice was sitting during this period.

The tribunal past stressed that nary State High Court has fixed immoderate bid concerning the assignment of a sole head arsenic mentioned successful the report.

Ihua-Maduenyi past said that helium was disappointed that immoderate bloggers and online quality journalists prioritise focused connected sensationalism alternatively than professionalism, lone to question online traffic.

Report sacking Rivers' head was false

The Rivers state judiciary past calls connected Nigerians to question clarification connected immoderate quality study astir the tribunal and its officials earlier going up to people them. He besides urged the nationalist to disregard the work arsenic misleading and false. The connection past reads successful part:

“No State High Court gave immoderate order(s) relating to oregon concerning the taxable substance arsenic captioned successful the online news.“It is regrettable that immoderate bloggers and online quality reporters person traded professionalism connected the altar of pecuniary gains they question to deduce from postulation connected their societal media handles and web pages."

Why Tinubu appointed sole head successful Rivers

Siminalayi Fubara suspended arsenic Rivers governor Photo Credit: @SimFubaraKSC
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In March 2025, President Tinubu announced a authorities of exigency successful Rivers, suspending the Governor Fubara-led enforcement and the House of Assembly activities implicit the increasing governmental situation successful the state.

The governmental hostility was said to beryllium betwixt the politician and his predecessor, present the curate of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and it is said to beryllium astir the governmental operation successful the state.

Rivers' head to resistance NBA to court

Legit.ng earlier reported that the sole head in Rivers authorities has insisted that the N300 cardinal paid to the Nigerian Bar Association (NB) by the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara was for the hosting rights of the 2025 yearly wide league (AGC).

Ibok-Ete Ibas' enactment successful the oil-rich authorities rejected the assertion of the ineligible assemblage that the outgo was a "gift" and threatened to instrumentality ineligible enactment against the sole administrator. The NBA had claimed that it did not cod a hosting interest of N300 cardinal from the medication of suspended Governor Fubara.

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Source: Legit.ng