The presidency has responded to comments made by former President, Goodluck Jonathan and renowned literary icon, Professor Wole Soyinka on the recent declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu.
Over the weekend, President Jonathan accused all three arms of government, the Executive, the Legislature, and the Judiciary of Abuse of Office, warning that the actions taken by them will have lasting consequences.
Meanwhile, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka over the weekend, said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State betrays the spirit of federalism.
The playwright made the comment while speaking with “The Africa Report”, adding that the Nigerian constitution gives the president too much power.
He called for an amendment to the Constitution. Soyinka also spoke on live television, describing the Emergency rule, as an excessive measure.
The President, of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reverse his decision on the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, calling it unconstitutional.
Osigwe spoke on live television on Sunday, reiterating the position of the NBA, condemning the removal of the State governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
Governors under the Peoples Democratic Party have instructed lawyers to file a suit at the Supreme Court, against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to challenge the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State.
The PDP governors from Bauchi, Adamawa, Bayelsa, Enugu, Osun, Plateau, and Zamfara states, are praying the court to declare that based on the provisions of sections 1(2), 5(2), and 305 of the constitution, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has no powers whatsoever to suspend a democratically elected governor; and deputy governor of a state – in the federation of Nigeria, under the guise of or under the pro-clamation of a state of emergency in the state of the federation by the president.
Fubara however is unable to join the suit because he would need authorization from the current administration in Rivers, which is impossible because the Sole Administrator reports directly to the president who is being sued by the PDP governors.
Meanwhile, a 2023 video has emerged, showing a former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, narrating how president Bola Ahmed Tinubu, fought to restore a former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja who was impeached by Oyo State legislators and forced out of office in January 2006.
Fashola described Tinubu as a champion of oppressed people who made moves to ensure that a sitting governor was not left impeached
A video showing The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, threatening to cause political crisis in the state of any governor who tries to interfere in the affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has resurfaced online.
Wike made the comment in Port Harcourt at the PDP secretariat during the party’s state congress in August 2024.
Another video showing when the former rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike and his supporters were celebrating after INEC declared Sim Fubara the winner of the Rivers State election in March 2023 had made rounds on social media
Governor Sim Fubara has made his first public appearance since his suspension from office following the declaration of a state of emergency in rivers state.
Fubara was spotted on Sunday at the headquarters of Salvation Ministries in Port Harcourt, where he attended a worship service.
In Akwa Ibom state, the state Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has rescued a business owner after she pitched her business idea.
In a video now making rounds on social media, the business owner spotted the governor during an empowerment program and went on bended knees to present her challenges to the governor
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