₦airaland Forum

fergie001:
But he has taken a position against Fubara and never hidden it, you and I know that he needs Rivers one way or the other.

Again, another President might use it for his own reasons and back it up with anything.

Go and read Lawal Uwais' report on the pressure they faced before the election petition judgement against Buhari.

Help with the Uwais report

gidgiddy:
He does not have to, his party can do that.

They don't have the locus.

fergie001:
They tried to play safe because of OBJ.
Now you see what I am seeing, you will see a President stand and hurt any Governor he doesn't like and justify same.

You can't say Tinubu dislikes Fubara. The same court gave judgment against obj vs Atiku

fergie001:
The SC based on their affidavits and counter-affidavits which is not in contention.

There is a sole administrator in Rivers.

The SC could still have dealt in the merits while still trashing the main case...the SC should not by any stretch encourage unconstitutional acts in removing a governor.

fergie001:
It sounds more reasonable on points of law.
The President doesn't have the powers but ensure that it doesn't enure to Fubara.
I understand Fubara doesn't want to be a Party to the suit.

He has to avoid any provocative acts

fergie001:
Let the PDP Govs try it first.

The same supreme court tonguelashed Fubara and clearly stated that without one arm of government existing, there is no government. You can read in between

fergie001:
The Court is to test the constitutionality and/or interpretation of the Constitution. We saw a case where a Political Party went to Court for the interpretation of a section of the Electoral Act because of a Candidate and this travelled up to the Supreme Court. Uche Nwosu is that candidate.

Again, Section 232(1) of the 1999 CFRN is clear;
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has original jurisdiction i.e. only the Supreme Court can hear matters, between the Federation and a State or between States only if the disputes (i.e. issues, bone of contention) are relating to questions of law or fact which is dependent on a legal right.)

Fubara has a legal right and so they can approach the Supreme Court, it takes another dimension if Fubara himself is not a Party to the suit.

They can go on general terms but as it affects rivers state, it will fail esp if they make the administrator or fubara a party. A president cannot but Rivers cannot benefit

gidgiddy:
I'm not a Lawyer, but my little knowledge of the law tells me that Fubara does not need to challenge his removal at the Supreme court

What I think he should do is approach the Supreme court to determine if the President has any constitutional right to remove a democratically elected sitting Governor under any circumstances

The Supreme court has previously ruled that a Governor can only be removed in one of 4 ways: Resignation, impeachment, incapacitation and death

The Supreme court said nothing about State of emergency

He cannot approach the court

fergie001:
As long as both houses have passed their resolutions, it exists.

It is now the Courts who will help deal with it.... A similar case that emanates through Dariye met his waterloo.

That means indirectly the SC recognizes the power of suspension and SOLAD

fergie001:
I have read that 2006 judgement, Fubara does not have the locus because by law, he isn't signing the cheque in Rivers.

However, any Governor can proceed to the Supreme Court to test its constitutionality and join both Fubara & the new administrator as parties to the suit.

I made same observation here earlier...
https://www.nairaland.com/8373114/rivers-national-assembly-duly-consulted/2#134605407

Nobody except the administrator has the locus except they start from the high court

SpatialKing:
He is gone already

He lost the support of Ijaw people and Niger Delta in general

Where does he plan to get votes from?

From north and SS, sw

ufotunang:
.. but the constitution of the party says that anyone that wants to contest for a political positions have to resign from it's positions... samuel anyanwu contested for imo state governorship election under PDP..so he supposed to resign..so samuel anyanwu is the one disobeying the PDP constitution

That's unfortunate but he didn't resign

Vadese1:
Technically Ayanwu the mole of Tinubu in pdp has been sack. The Supreme Court in today ruling said the courts were not supposed to entertain the case. That the issue was purely party matters. That the courts can only interfere when the oarty go against her constitution. That both the high court and the appeals were wrong to to give a judgment on the case. That party matters are purely domestic issues. So going by the pdp constitution, Sir Ude is now there secretary. He is the one pdp chose.

Not true. The court nullified all the judgment that declared Okoye as secretary therefore Okoye lost. Going by the party constitution, Anyanwu is still secretary as he never resigned and was never properly replaced

Obiedun:
E pain you? You go wail Taya. Nathasa is going I can assure you of that

I am with you sir, I want her gone

Obiedun:
Nathasa must go

Yes oh cc gandollar, mopolchi

Gandollar:
Yet she won to become a senator. Lols

Through court and via compromise. She escaped because it was a general election and priority was tinubu but when isolated or staggered, they will bury her. You saw how they dealt with Dino in the rerun polls.

valentineuwakwe:
Party supremacy prevails......
So no need to waste time, suspend or sack sam Ayannwu immediately!

Lol, impossible

Mopolchi:
For your mind, you don win ba

Tinubu till 2031

Mopolchi:
Anyanwu is an imposter!

Up wike

Mopolchi:
He is an imposter!

Continue wailing emotionally

Mopolchi:
Let’s watch as it will pan out. Tell Bello to first vacate the order preventing INEC from accepting the recall documents lest they turn out to be nullity.

It will ASAP, it can't be a nullity because the court cannot interfere in the constitutional affairs of inec. Natasha went to court because she knows she will lose just like she did to stop her suspension. It's all over, they would overrun her

fergie001:
NWC did but they premised it on the Enugu judgement which the SC has now thrown away.

Anyanwu is inside his office now holding press conferences. Let me see what the PDP weak Govs can do. Again, Ude-Okoye wasn't a party to the suit and the SC pointed that out.

What do you want them to do? It's over. If Ologunagba continue disturbing, they will push him out

Mopolchi:
He contested for Imo State governorship. He abdicated his postion before contesting or didn't he

Was there any resignation letter? Anyway, he just resumed again in Wadata plaza. You can search the video, it's everywhere

Mopolchi:
They were unable to defeat her during election and now want to steal her mandate through the back door. It will not work. She is only serving suspension imposed on her by lewdy Akpabio. She will be back, and stronger this time.

She will not be back sir. I can assure you that they will remove her this time and I will quote you. Did you see the crowd that came out in her town?

Mopolchi:
Let watch if Anyanwu will near PDP office.

Oga Anyanwu is already occupying the office and security are with him. Do you know how many times Okoye was manhandled in public. This judgment favours Anyanwu not Okoye. Besides, how do you replace Anyanwu? Did he resign or removed? You can only sack someone that was removed or resign. Besides,Nec never ratified ude okoye

Mopolchi:
She can't be removed! Do you think that this is the first time Yahaya Bello tried this stunt before in Kogi? He did it to Dino, what happened after all the signatures were collected? Did Dino not complete his tenure? He did, man!

Oga, Bello tried it in Kogi west where Bello and Ebira people are not popular. They don't like him there. He succeeded in getting the required signatures but failed at the election stage. This one is happening in kogi central where Bello and Ododo are like gods, they are worshipped here. It is his territory. They have learnt from Dino case and will bury Natasha

Mopolchi:
PDP NWC before this Supreme Court's verdict has adopted Udeh-Okoye as its secretary. The Supreme Court left PDP with the power to choose its secretary and the party has chosen Udeh-Okoye not Samuel Anyanwu.

They adopted him pending the apex court judgment but Okoye was nowhere near the office. This nwc statement was made by Ologunagba faction. Okoye can never near pdp office again

Mopolchi:
Let those who began it go on appeal. A recall is a process and not an end. At least, they should explain how they kickstarted the process. INEC may not even be aware that they started it. 😕

They will go while still undergoing the process. They don't need to inform inec first, all they need is to collate signatures and submit to inec that is why she went to court to restrain them. They eventually remove her sir

Mopolchi:
See what the Supreme Court said in summary below as bolded:

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) @OfficialPDPNig has received the Judgment of the Supreme Court which affirmed that the issue of Party leadership positions, including that of the National Secretary is entirely an internal affair of the Party requiring only the Party internal mechanism to which the courts have no jurisdiction.

It left the power to decide with PDP leadership. PDP has long since dumped your Anyanwu, am afraid. 😢

Lol, you don't even understand the context of that statement. The supreme court made that statement because of the lower court declaring Ude Okoye meaning courts cannot decide who leads pdp but only pdp can do so through it's laws. And according to the law of pdp, Anyanwu is still secretary. You can only remove him via resignation or through the NEC and not through court orders sir. In any case, Anyanwu was occupying the secretary office before the judgment

Mopolchi:
Good one! Apc has quickly printed papers 📃 of recall in order to steal Natasha's mandate. We will not allow it to happen.

Lol, the appeal court will vacate this order soon. Besides, a court cannot interfere in the constitutional duties of an agency

underpinna:
I think that the court will eventually lift this order and the process will continue. Natasha can't win this.

You sabi

Mopolchi:
E be like say you dey understand from back? Fake press release is misleading. When you send a wrong interpretation of something first, which APC media have done already; many will not be bothered to verify the news later.

Oga, Anyanwu is actually the secretary. The supreme court nullified the judgment that removed him. If he lost, they wouldn't have vacated the lower court ruling