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- The authorities of exigency declared successful Rivers authorities connected March 18, 2025, and the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara has continued to make concerns successful the polity
- While galore politicians and salient figures, including ex-President Jonathan and Wole Soyinka criticised President Tinubu's action, the National Assembly's support of the exigency regularisation done a arguable dependable ballot besides drew beardown criticism
- In the aftermath of the caller developments successful Rivers state, Legit.ng outlined 5 things that person occurred pursuing Tinubu's declaration successful the oil-rich region
Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.
In a important twist of events, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu shocked galore Nigerians erstwhile helium declared a authorities of exigency for Rivers State connected Tuesday, March 18, 2025, implicit the governmental situation and instability successful the oil-rich south-south state.
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Tinubu besides suspended Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers authorities governor, and members of the authorities House of Assembly for six months.
The president besides appointed a caller sole administrator to oversee the state, retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, who has already started work.
His determination was backed by the National Assembly successful a arguable dependable ballot that has been heavy faulted and generated disapproval successful the polity.
Following the caller developments successful Rivers state, Legit.ng compiled 5 large things that person happened aft Tinubu's declaration of an exigency regularisation successful Rivers:
PDP governors, CSO caput to Supreme Court
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Governors elected nether the level of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) person dragged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Assembly earlier the Supreme Court over suspension of Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
The 12 governors elected nether the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) besides rejected the exigency regularisation declared by President Bola Tinubu successful Rivers state.
The 7 PDP governors of Bauchi, Adamawa, Bayelsa, Enugu, Osun, Plateau, and Zamfara states challenged Tinubu’s powerfulness to suspend an elected governor.
The PDP governors done their Attorney-Generals described the suspension arsenic unconstitutional.
They urged the Supreme Court to state that “the suspension of Governor Siminalaye Fubara, his deputy, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly was unconstitutional, unlawful, and successful gross usurpation of the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).”
This was aft 4 retired of the six govenors of the South-South geopolitical portion besides condemned the authorities of exigency successful Rivers state.
However, the governors of Edo, Imo and Cross River states backed Tinubu's exigency regularisation and Fubara's suspension.
Meanwhile, a civilian nine organisation, Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), sued President Bola Tinubu implicit what it described arsenic "the intelligibly unlawful" suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his lawman Ngozi Odu, and Rivers authorities lawmakers.
Also, successful a statement, SERAP lawman director, Kolawole Oluwadare, disclosed that it filed a suit astatine the national precocious tribunal successful Abuja connected Friday, March 21, via 3 members of its Volunteers’ Lawyers Network (SVLN) successful Rivers state—Nengim Ikpoemugh Royal, Yirabari Israel Nulog, and Gracious Eyoh-Sifumbukho.
In a station connected its authoritative X (formerly Twitter) relationship connected Sunday morning, March 23, SERAP said "democracy works champion erstwhile everyone participates."
Argument implicit National Assembly enactment of State of emergency
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One absorbing treatment astir the Rivers exigency regularisation was the National Assembly's approval of President Bola Tinubu's decision.
According to the constitution, Tinubu needed the ballot of 2/3rd bulk of the members of the National Assembly to enactment the authorities of exigency declaration earlier it volition instrumentality afloat effect.
Interestingly, Both the Senate and the House of Representative voted successful support, but alternatively of members voting 1 by 1 to find two-third majority, it was a dependable ballot the members used.
Afam Osigwe a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), insisted that that this method of voice voting was unconstitutional.
"For you to marque definite that you travel the law request of two-third majority, you indispensable to bespeak the fig of radical who attended the session, the fig of radical who voted for oregon against, and the fig of the radical who abstainedto vote. And you cannot get that by a dependable vote," Osigwe said successful an interview."So the usage of dependable ballot successful some chambers besides underscored the unconstitutionality of the full action."Members of the Nigeria House of Representatives was 360 and the Senate has 109 members, truthful two-thirds bulk was expected to beryllium 240 and 73 successful some chambers respectively.
Recall that the Senate convened to statement and ballot against oregon successful enactment of the president's move, and immoderate senators allegedly kicked against the determination during plenary connected Thursday, March 20, and this formed the ground of their clash with Senate President Godwsill Akpabio.
Three notable senators walked out of the enclosure successful protestation against the Senate president's determination connected the matter. These members person been named arsenic Senators Seriake Dickson, Enyinnaya Abaribe and Aminu Tambuwal.
Aminu Tambuwal, a serving subordinate of the legislature and erstwhile politician of Sokoto state, said helium was definite that the fig of senators who attended plenary were not up to 73 connected the time the Senate approved the authorities of exigency successful Rivers.
"President Olusegun Obasanjo declared a State of emergency. He got two-thirds bulk successful the legislature and the House of Representatives. President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan declared a authorities of exigency successful 2013 successful Borno state. Also, successful Adamawa and Yobe states. We had two-thirds to o.k. it," Tambuwal said.'Parliament, judiciary pretending to beryllium asleep' - Jonathan
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan besides condemned President Bola Tinubu's suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and different elected officers successful the Rivers State House of Assembly, saying the improvement was a dent connected the representation of Nigeria.
The erstwhile president, who spoke arsenic the president astatine the Haske Satumari Foundation Colloquium successful Abuja connected Saturday, March 22, expressed his disappointment implicit the removal of the elected officers.
He said helium was not expected to remark truthful that helium would not substance the polity, astatine the aforesaid time, helium has been inundated with calls to talk connected the concern arsenic the salient lad of the Ijaw.
The erstwhile president explained that the concern was that an idiosyncratic could dictate to the judiciary what should beryllium done. He added that the concern made it hard for anyone to person religion successful the judiciary.
Jonathan said:
“These actions by cardinal actors successful the enforcement and legislative arms of authorities overgarment the state successful a antagonistic light.”Soyinka, Tinubu ally, condemned the president's action
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Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, besides faulted President Bola Tinubu implicit the determination to state a authorities of exigency successful Rivers state.
Soyinka described President Tinubu’s determination arsenic “over-excessive" and could person been managed successful a amended way.
He called connected the suspended Rivers authorities politician Fubara and each the affected parties to situation their suspension each the mode up to the Supreme Court to ascertain if Tinubu’s determination was ineligible oregon not.
Fubara makes 1st nationalist quality aft suspension by Tinubu
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Meanwhile, the suspended politician of Rivers state, Siminalayi Fubara, made his first nationalist quality after suspension arsenic helium attended a religion work connected Sunday, March 23, astatine the office of Salvation Ministries successful GRA, Port Harcourt.
The embattled governor's beingness dispelled speculation that helium had relocated to neighbouring Bayelsa state. It besides confirmed that helium is safe, contrary to an alarm raised by a governmental stakeholder who feared for his life.
Read much astir Rivers situation here:
- Rivers: Drama arsenic resigned HoS, woman reason implicit assertion Fubara ordered bombing of Assembly
- “Tinubu would person resisted suspension arsenic gov, Fubara should fight,” ex-Presidential adjutant speaks
- Rivers exigency rule: “What Wike stands to payment from Tinubu’s declaration,” Top expert speaks
- Rivers sole head suspends SSG, different appointees
Wike's information did not invade Fubara's backstage residence
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Rivers authorities governmental situation took a antithetic dimension erstwhile President Bola Tinubu announced the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
There were claims that FCT Minister Nyesom Wike's information operatives attacked the backstage residence of the suspended politician successful Rivers state.
However, the assertion has been fact-checked considering the implications of the assertion connected Nigeria's ideology and Rivers' peace.
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