In a statement Wednesday, Mr. Ogunye said the administration of oaths is the exclusive reserve of the judiciary and cannot be directed by the executive arm of the government.

“Administering the oaths is the exclusive business of the Judiciary. The AGF is a lawyer, no doubt, but he functions in the Federal Executive branch of the government,” Mr. Ogunye said.

“In order to avoid the subversion of the principles of separation of powers and checks and balances, carefully and deliberately grafted into the Nigerian Constitution, the AGF must avoid giving patently illegal directives to the heads of the judiciary to perform their duties.

“Any such directive is constitutionally baseless and politically reckless.”

To avoid the looming constitutional crisis in the state due to the absence of a substantive chief judge, Mr. Ogunye said the AGF could send a petition to the National Judicial Council, NJC, to issue appropriate directive to cause the swearing in of the new governor.

Alternatively, he said, the AGF could file an originating summons in the Supreme Court against the Attorney-General of Rivers State and those of the other states in the Federation, formulating relevant questions and requesting for reliefs that would strengthen the rule of law and grow constitutional jurisprudence in the country.

He noted that any attempt by Mr. Adoke to command a chief judge of a contiguous state or of any state in the Federation to swear in Mr. Wike would tantamount to meddlesomeness in the affairs of Rivers State.

Mr. Adoke, in a statement on Tuesday, directed Justice Abiri, to administer the oath of office on Mr. Wike because of the vacuum in the office of the Chief Judge and the President of the Customary Court of Appeal in Rivers State.

This is due to the protracted controversy between the outgoing governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi and the National Judicial Council over who should be appointed the state’s chief judge.

Lagos-based lawyer, Festus Keyamo, had on Monday argued that the AGF is right in directing Mrs. Abiri, to administer the oath of office ​to​ the governor-elect of Rivers State.

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Make I book ist!

somebody should help me define attorney general

Nonsense and ingredients ..Come, May 29, Wiked will be sworn in by the CJ of Bayelsa state ..anybody not comfortable with it should go to court and sleep there

Wike will be sworn in on may 29 case closed

Adoke is wrong

His suggestion seems reasonable and may actually help remove possible grounds to contest the swearing in.

Anyway Wike will be governor of Rivers State no matter what happens.

The NJC or CJN should have issued the directive instead of the AGF. All the same, the governor elect must be sworn in on May 29th irrespective of where the directive is coming from.

Since he has ordered the Chief Judge of Bayelsa State to do the Swearing-In, then let them go on and administer the oath of office on Wike. If the APC is convinced that the Swearing-In process is illegal, then they should go to Court. Who knows, we (APC) may win the case.

As far as I'm concerned, Wike may not last in Office. One or two things may push him out before the end of this year. We all are aware of the irregularities that marred the Presidential/Gubernatorial Elections in Rivers State. Wike should not celebrate now!

Season 1 episode 5

Wike will be sworn in, and the first assignment he will undertake is to appoint a chief judge under the recommendation of NJC.

Hmmmmmmmm

Power sweet ooo. Kai! Amaechi no wan vacate government house. Mumu man.