Rivers crisis: Five reasons Tinubu presents for Supreme Court to uphold Fubara's suspension

• President Bola Tinubu's medication has presented 5 reasons truthful that the Supreme Court tin disregard the suit challenging his suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers
• Tinubu-led national government, done the bureau of the AGF, filed the claims successful defence of the suit filed by 11 PDP governors against the declaration of a authorities of exigency successful Rivers
• In the defence, Tinubu asked the apex tribunal to disregard the PDP governors' exertion based connected the 5 reasons it gave

FCT, Abuja - The President Bola Tinubu-led national authorities has fixed 5 reasons the Supreme Court should disregard the exertion filed by 11 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the suspension of their colleague, Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers.

President Tinubu had earlier declared a authorities of exigency successful Rivers and subsequently appointed Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas arsenic the sole head successful the state, starring to the suspension of Governor Fubara and each elected officials successful the enforcement and judiciary.

Bola Tinubu says the Supreme Court should disregard the PDP governors' suit challenging Siminalayi Fubara's suspension Photo Credit: @SimFubaraKSC, @officialABAT
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Tinubu's enactment followed the unending governmental situation successful the oil-rich state, which was owed to the rift betwixt Fubara and his estranged governmental godfather, Nyesom Wike, who is besides the curate of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) nether Tinubu's administration.

However, the PDP governors person dragged the president and the national authorities earlier the Supreme Court. They are asking the apex tribunal to find if the president and the national authorities person the close to suspend an elected officer.

Fubara's suspension: FG's defence astatine Supreme Court

In the defence, Tinubu, done the bureau of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, asked the Supreme Court to disregard the suit of the governor, giving 5 reasons, successful the preliminary objection and counter-affidavits, according to The Punch.

Below are the reasons:

1. The national authorities argued that the suit did not autumn wrong the archetypal jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, citing conception 232(1) of the 1999 constitution.
2. The AGF argued that the court's jurisdiction is constricted to disputes betwixt the FG and a state, specifically erstwhile the quality involves a question of instrumentality that affects the beingness oregon grade of a ineligible right.
3. Also, the national authorities maintained that “the plaintiffs person not disclosed immoderate dispute, fto unsocial a justiciable quality betwixt the Federation and them.’’
4. Another statement by the AGF was that the suit did not notation immoderate origin of action, adding that the plaintiff did not person the locus standi to record the suit.
5. The national authorities past concluded that the suit is academic, hypothetical, an maltreatment of the tribunal process and speculative.

Bola Tinubu defends suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara Photo Credit: @officialABAT, @SimFubaraKSC
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FHC fixed day to commence Fubara's suspension hearing

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Federal High Court sitting successful Port Harcourt has acceptable a day to commence the proceeding of the suit filed against the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara by President Bola Tinubu.

President Tinubu and different defendants successful the suit were neither contiguous nor represented by their counsels astatine the proceeding of the suit connected Monday, May 12.

Vice Admiral Ibas (retired) was the lone suspect who appeared successful tribunal done his counsel, Kehinde Ogunwumiju.

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Source: Legit.ng