₦airaland Forum

gidigbam1:
You are being smart by half. The court of Appeal has given judgement already on the case confirming that the 27 lawmakers are the legitimate law makers recognised by the law.

This is after the governor argued that he presented the budget to the 3 lawmakers because the 27 lawmakers have lost their seat.

The Court of Appeal made it explicitly clear that they have not lost their seats as the governor failed to provide any evidence to show that they have indeed lost their seats. Based on that they declared that the governor does not have a budget and should present to the 27 law makers who are legally recognised by law.

The governor appealed to the Supreme Court.

His withdrawal of the case simply means that he has accepted the Court of Appeal judgement, that he didn't have a budget, and that he must present the budget to the 27 law makers.

So why are you guys turning a clear case upside down?

100% Correct .

richmond500:
there is no constitutionally stated date to pass a budget.
U go cry tire

No one is interested in a any budget, that is the least of the issue, he can even pass the 2026 budget along.

It is all null & void ab initio, Fubara is just making an Obnoxious fool of himself, Fubara can never defeat Nyesom Wike in any Court of competent jurisdiction within The Federal Republic of Nigeria even if he was correct, let alone when he Fubara is ignorantly wrong.

Rivers State that Nyesom Wike took from APC Amaechi under President Buhari, he will return it back to APC President Tinubu.

gidigbam1:
You are being smart by half. The court of Appeal has given judgement already on the case confirming that the 27 lawmakers are the legitimate law makers recognised by the law. This is after the governor argued that he presented the budget to the 3 lawmakers because the 27 lawmakers have lost their seat. The Court of Appeal made it explicitly clear that they have not lost their seats as the governor failed to provide any evidence to show that they have indeed lost their seats. Based on that they declared that the governor does not have a budget and should present to the 27 law makers who are legally recognised by law. The governor appealed to the Supreme Court. His withdrawal of the case simply means that he has accepted the Court of Appeal judgement, that he didn't have a budget, and that he must present the budget to the 27 law makers.

So why are you guys turning a clear case upside down?

court of appeal didn't say the 27 lawmakers didn't lose their seat, the case of defection is in FHC in portharcourt and it came up last year around December.

The case that was in appeal was the passing of bill and not authentic house members and that case has become academic.
The case of authentic speaker is another case entirely

blacknp:
No one is interested in a any budget, that is the least of the issue, he can even pass the 2026 budget along.

It is all null & void ab initio, Fubara is just making an Obnoxious fool of himself, Fubara can never defeat Nyesom Wike in any Court of competent jurisdiction within The Federal Republic of Nigeria even if he was correct, let alone when he Fubara is ignorantly wrong.

Rivers State that Nyesom Wike took from APC Amaechi under President Buhari, he will return it back to APC President Tinubu.

and how will he deliver it?
LGA is in SIMs pocket, Judiciary, executive and legislative, SIM controls all

zero8zero:
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https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2025/02/15/rivers-crisis-falanas-interpretation-of-supreme-court-judgement-misleading-house-member-declares/?amp

Like some people say that because a SAN said this and that then it should be so and so because the title of a SAN means he is all knowing.
What else do you want from a lawyer who is supposed to defend even the undefendable.....

zero8zero:
Very funny set of lawyers. If the court ruled that spending 2024 budget without the approval of the 27members was illegal, is it the 2025 budget that was taken before the 4 members that will now be legal?. If they had lost their seats, will the court asked you to present the budget to them?.

You get oil for head,bro!
Nigeria s knows how to be merigorou ding against the TRUTH!
It now depends - where your loyalty is- LP or PDP Sympathersers or APC.
You see and to Fubara- don't Start what you can't Finished '
This Roforofo-Fights is affecting governance in Rivers, even those Old Soldiers in Govt are back,as they want to be heard!

blacknp:
100% Correct .

Ok you guys should accompany the 27 lawmakers to receive the budget of 2024 and use them in your houses

I don't blame Falana, rather I blame the legal profession for not disciplining him and others who are doing the same thing. Very shameful. Complicating simple issues and dancing all over the place. Only in Nigeria. Same thing is happening with the SC decision on LG autonomy.

have said it before Tinubu is truly a democrat,I'm not sure half of what has happened in Rivers state happened during Obasanjo's regime in states like Oyo, Ekiti and plateau states before Baba Iyabo intervened and sacked their governors,declare state of emergency and installed sole administrators on them.

I thought after supreme court judgement the security apparatus will swing into action and enforce the judgement without any further delay.

blacknp:
What is there to interpret again, isn’t it a democrazy that we are practicing here in Nigeria?

How can 4 people claim they are legitimate, against 27?

The law is clear, defect and loose your seat, is it too difficult to understand?
Did Rt.Hon Edison Ehie, just wake up to declare their seats vacant?
They left the party, the owner of the seats which they represent.
It's high time we obey every laters of the Constitution.

Afterall, Wike used 6 member HOA in 2017,

blacknp:
No one is interested in a any budget, that is the least of the issue, he can even pass the 2026 budget along.

It is all null & void ab initio, Fubara is just making an Obnoxious fool of himself, Fubara can never defeat Nyesom Wike in any Court of competent jurisdiction within The Federal Republic of Nigeria even if he was correct, let alone when he Fubara is ignorantly wrong.

Rivers State that Nyesom Wike took from APC Amaechi under President Buhari, he will return it back to APC President Tinubu.

Shut up, Jonathan wife and Odili gave it to him in 2015, otherwise Wike can never match Ameachi.

2019, Ameachi almost snatched it from him with unknown party (Awara) until he Wike beg and cry out again, and they gave it back to him

Small boy Fubara, yet Wike has not succeeded since 2023 other.

Wike should go and enforce supreme court judgement.
Non sense

zero8zero:
Very funny set of lawyers. If the court ruled that spending 2024 budget without the approval of the 27members was illegal, is it the 2025 budget that was taken before the 4 members that will now be legal?. If they had lost their seats, will the court asked you to present the budget to them?.

you will explain tire

So what you said now, how does it relate with this case we are talking about, common sense is not common

blacknp:
Even when u go to a court of law, there are some cases that annoy a judge, that could have been settled by common logic, why come & waste the time of the court?

I.e a person dies intestate by law his estate is vested in The Chief Judge of the state until the letters of administration is granted, why come and argue otherwise in front of a judge of competent jurisdiction?

Only oblivious minded mumus will argue that 4 is greater than 27 in a democracy.

ehikwe22:
Did the judge give rulings on a case that has been withdrawn? If a case is withdrawn, the judge goes on bench and dismiss it. That has always been practice. Who is trying to deceive who?

so it means the Appeal court judgement still stands or why did they go to supreme court in the first place?

Moventist:
That case was before their defection

You mean the case of buget was before there defection or what,?

This Nigeria no make sense again to me.
Does it mean that Nigerian Judicial System is faulty?
What is really wrong with Nigeria?
It seems the Judicial actors doesn't know the law.
Ambiguities in the constitution of Nigeria is confusing them.
The confusion is getting embarrassing....

Shimbo96:
so it means the Appeal court judgement still stands or why did they go to supreme court in the first place?

It stands on the 2024 which is already redundant. There are several other subsisting judgements that makes that judgement ineffective

No court will allow you to pass a state budget to just 3 HOR members .

At the same time when a HoR member leaves a party, his seat is considered vacant.

Fubara went ahead to conduct HoR election in the guise of "APP" , unfortunately the state NEC went against the ruling of the court as well and did the election without following INEC standard or even their approval.

In the end,the case will drag on for the next 2yrs and Fubara will achieve nothing tangible in office because the budget for 2024 hasnt been passed nevermind 2025,2026 or 2027.

To the common man that votes, they dont understand all these bureaucracy.

.....all that matters to them is "Has the Governor made life easier for them in the past 4yrs?"
Where are the roads, the boreholes, schools, hospitals, the empowerment programmes, was he able to pay civil servants?

If you fail in these things as Fubara is doing(because he has no budget to work with) , Wike wont even need to interfer for Fubs to be voted out come 2027.

Meanwhile the people pushing Fubara, Clarke,Odili,Amaechi dont really care about him, their beef is with Wike.
In fact,they were against this same Fubara becoming Governor simply because Wike supported him then.

You want to have a hostile takeover, and you only have 3 out of 30 HOR members on your side.
Now, you have no budget to work with.
That is obviously not a well thought out plan.

The other thing that may happen is that INEC conduct another HOR election which will likely be won by Wike sect in PDP or APC because even most of us that are literates don't even know the logo of APP.


If Fubara is wise he will stoop to conquer so at least he wont be remembered as the worst Rivers and indeed SouthSouth Governor ever.

He should have a closed door meeting with Wike and a few people that they both parties respect e.g Tinubu,Wole Soyinka and come to an agreement that he will step aside come 2027 as long as the budget for 2025 and 2026 gets passed.
If not, he will just keep fighting a lost battle with nothing to show for it while Wike keeps building roads and flyovers in Abuja

The judgement is explicit but it is you that is misrepresenting facts. As at the time the suit was instituted, they have not defected. It was after the suit was filed that they defected and they could not include it in their suit filed and that was why the judgement was like that. The supreme court judgement on defection is explicit on defection of lawmakers, it is not ambiguous at all and that was what Femi Falana explained. He even advised them to go and file a suit to challenge the non presentation of 2025 budget to them and he equally made known that their defection suit is now at FHC Portharcout.
I can remember that many of their supporters today were boasting when they defected when we told them defection because of mere national secretary's rancour does not constitute faction in the party but many were abusing us and calling us names but today they are the ones recanting and telling us they never defected. Same people aprobating and reprobating at the same time. Shameless set of people that have sold their conscience to the devil because of pot of pottage.

HelipsTech:
The law is clear, defect and loose your seat, is it too difficult to understand?
Did Rt.Hon Edison Ehie, just wake up to declare their seats vacant?
They left the party, the owner of the seats which they represent.
It's high time we obey every laters of the Constitution.

Afterall, Wike used 6 member HOA in 2017,

Who told you cannot change party? Constitution makes it clear that you can cross to any other party if there is crisis in your party be it at local or national level. Everybody knows that PDP is in serious crisis both in Rivers State and national. A governor has no right to declare a member of the House's seat vacant, only Federal (not state) high Court can.

shegz24:
No court will allow you to pass a state budget to just 3 HOR members .

At the same time when a HoR member leaves a party, his seat is considered vacant.

Fubara went ahead to conduct HoR election in the guise of "APP" , unfortunately the state NEC went against the ruling of the court as well and did the election without following INEC standard or even their approval.

In the end,the case will drag on for the next 2yrs and Fubara will achieve nothing tangible in office because the budget for 2024 hasnt been passed nevermind 2025,2026 or 2027.

To the common man that votes, they dont understand all these bureaucracy.

.....all that matters to them is "Has the Governor made life easier for them in the past 4yrs?"
Where are the roads, the boreholes, schools, hospitals, the empowerment programmes, was he able to pay civil servants?

If you fail in these things as Fubara is doing(because he has no budget to work with) , Wike wont even need to interfer for Fubs to be voted out come 2027.

Meanwhile the people pushing Fubara, Clarke,Odili,Amaechi dont really care about him, their beef is with Wike.
In fact,they were against this same Fubara becoming Governor simply because Wike supported him then.

You want to have a hostile takeover, and you only have 3 out of 30 HOR members on your side.
Now, you have no budget to work with.
That is obviously not a well thought out plan.

The other thing that may happen is that INEC conduct another HOR election which will likely be won by Wike sect in PDP or APC because even most of us that are literates don't even know the logo of APP.


If Fubara is wise he will stoop to conquer so at least he wont be remembered as the worst Rivers and indeed SouthSouth Governor ever.

He should have a closed door meeting with Wike and a few people that they both parties respect e.g Tinubu,Wole Soyinka and come to an agreement that he will step aside come 2027 as long as the budget for 2025 and 2026 gets passed.
If not, he will just keep fighting a lost battle with nothing to show for it while Wike keeps building roads and flyovers in Abuja

This your long write up just shows you're an outsider and know but nothing about the politics that is going on in Rivers state.

Firstly, the PDP state apparatus has been taken away from Wike by the recent court ruling that made the congress conducted by NWC and Wike as null and void. If you don't know another executive has been nominated and ratified to take the reign of leadership in Rivers state PDP.

PDP accepts verdict recognizes Fubara faction as legitimate
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/01/pdp-accepts-verdict-recognizes-fubara-faction-as-legitimate-executives/&ved=2ahUKEwiMmP_Po8iLAxXAW0EAHfvKAWkQFnoECCAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw22HnVFWWwIW784kTM8DqLR

PDP NWC visits Fubara declares gov Rivers party leader
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://punchng.com/pdp-nwc-visits-fubara-declares-gov-rivers-party-leader/&ved=2ahUKEwiMmP_Po8iLAxXAW0EAHfvKAWkQFnoECB8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw3fclLv55NtJr2ZKNMXGL51

PDP NWC accepts judgement nullifying Wike backed congresses in Rivers
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.thecable.ng/pdp-nwc-accepts-judgment-nullifying-wike-backed-congresses-in-rivers/&ved=2ahUKEwiMmP_Po8iLAxXAW0EAHfvKAWkQFnoECEgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3sz51mT_V6c71Q67ZWfQt5.

Just the same way Femi Falana said, a court can allow even one to pass a budget if there is a need for doctrine of necessity and in this case the court will see reason for that because as at today the said 27 lawmakers are no more lawmakers by the virtue of their defection to other party. In the event of such condition, the business of the state cannot be rendered ineffective because of the defected lawmakers, the remaining members must function in the capacity they were voted for.
The way some of you give life to illegality, that is why this country is not moving forward as it supposed to be. When they first defected, many of you were praising them for defecting to APC but today you people are giving discordant view.

Besides, who told you Fubara is not living to the bidding and services to his people. Better wake up from your slumber and start reading news well.

We've never borrowed to execute projects
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://nationalambassadorngr.com/weve-never-borrowed-to-execute-projects-fubara/&ved=2ahUKEwi0l8bCqMiLAxXjaEEAHc4wGvIQFnoECE8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw3ppPHdBJSjeHoj33ejVCmk

Gov. Fubara unveils plans for more critical projects commissions road
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://nationalambassadorngr.com/gov-fubara-unveils-plans-for-more-critical-projects-commissions-road/&ved=2ahUKEwi0l8bCqMiLAxXjaEEAHc4wGvIQFnoECE4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0P4SBtdTjWBWbekr_235YD

Despite plot to starve us funds we are delivering services
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://dailytrust.com/despite-plot-to-starve-us-of-funds-were-delivering-services-fubara/&ved=2ahUKEwi0l8bCqMiLAxXjaEEAHc4wGvIQFnoECCQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw12WNtazhsSCEK-4DJCxG2A

Today the governor is paying Rivers state workers #85k as minimum wage.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://punchng.com/fubara-orders-n85000-minimum-wage-payment-to-rivers-lg-workers/&ved=2ahUKEwji_LzkqciLAxUHQUEAHfRhAOwQFnoECB4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw3u3ctGdK-m5qjNmJ_hOq9X

Raf4:
Who told you cannot change party? Constitution makes it clear that you can cross to any other party if there is crisis in your party be it at local or national level. Everybody knows that PDP is in serious crisis both in Rivers State and national. A governor has no right to declare a member of the House's seat vacant, only Federal (not state) high Court can.

All these olodos that are supporting APC. No wonder this country is in this mess.

A legislator can only defect if there is faction at the national headquarters of their party and in such away that the activities of the party is rendered inactive, says the supreme court.

You can read this to give yourself education.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://thenationonlineng.net/politics-of-defection-in-national-assembly/&ved=2ahUKEwjqs4ToqsiLAxU3QUEAHXFUBREQFnoECGsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2J1Sd1GRSQAvIxle01UtBZ

Its intentional. They make the judgement complicated so that they can go any direction if a political power like the president want them to go a certain way afterwards.

How do you explain why a simple judgement is difficult to understand if it wasn't made deliberately to confuse?

SmartPolician:
Why won't people (including fellow lawyers) misinterprete the judgment? Instead of the judges using simple English to explain their judgement, they always use jargons to pass their verdict. I don't know who they are always trying to impress with those terminologies.

Tinubu is on his way out 2027.

RecessionistPMB:
Amaewule should have understood that he has been used and unfortunately, he couldn't deliver the assignment handed down to him.

SIM will finish his 4years.
Tinubu can not afford to make Wike too powerful. Tinubu knows the game, which is to use Wike to distabilize PDP that's all.

You're disappointed because its not what you wanna hear.

Wike must obey Fubara

YesDaddyTill203:
Falana is being disingenuous. He's being very partial.
You don't have to be a SAN to understand the meaning of the case being dismissed.

Raf4:
Who told you cannot change party? Constitution makes it clear that you can cross to any other party if there is crisis in your party be it at local or national level. Everybody knows that PDP is in serious crisis both in Rivers State and national. A governor has no right to declare a member of the House's seat vacant, only Federal (not state) high Court can.

You obviously don't know what you are saying.

Let me ask you, what was the crisis rocking the party when they defected at local and national level?
Was the party factionalized at state and national level?

For your information, there was no crisis in PDP as at when they defected.

Only the speaker has the right to declare seats vacant, which was done by Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie. Mind you Ehie was duly recognized as speaker by River State high court, so as at the time the seats were declared vacant he was recognized by law.

Gov Fubara did not declare any seat vacant

HelipsTech:
You obviously don't know what you are saying.

Let me ask you, what was the crisis rocking the party when they defected at local and national level?
Was the party factionalized at state and national level?

For your information, there was no crisis in PDP as at when they defected.

Only the speaker has the right to declare seats vacant, which was done by Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie. Mind you Ehie was duly recognized as speaker by River State high court, so as at the time the seats were declared vacant he was recognized by law.

Gov Fubara did not declare any seat vacant

Dey there dey deceive yourself. No crisis in Rivers State PDP abi? They're only jollofing and barbecuing

IfnobeGod20:
All these olodos that are supporting APC. No wonder this country is in this mess.

A legislator can only defect if there is faction at the national headquarters of their party and in such away that the activities of the party is rendered inactive, says the supreme court.

You can read this to give yourself education.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://thenationonlineng.net/politics-of-defection-in-national-assembly/&ved=2ahUKEwjqs4ToqsiLAxU3QUEAHXFUBREQFnoECGsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2J1Sd1GRSQAvIxle01UtBZ

Almost all the PDP and LP Senators, State and Federal House of rep members from various states have abandoned their parties and crossed to APC. How many of them have lost their seats? Just mention a single one?

Raf4:
Almost all the PDP and LP Senators, State and Federal House of rep members from various states have abandoned their parties and crossed to APC. How many of them have lost their seats? Just mention a single one?

That doesn't mean they have done the right thing. Every day for the thief, one day for the owner. If their parties are ready for them, they we all lose their seats. This is just a simple case and the law is no respecter of any person. The constitution forbids legislators from defecting to other party when their tenure is still active.

Raf4:
Dey there dey deceive yourself. No crisis in Rivers State PDP abi? They're only jollofing and barbecuing

Crisis in state party does not constitute factionalization . The supreme court had stated this. It is only factionalization at the National Headquarters that can make legislators to defect to other party. Local factionalization does not affect National Headquarters. I don't want you to continue confusing yourself.

Guestmale:
have said it before Tinubu is truly a democrat,I'm not sure half of what has happened in Rivers state happened during Obasanjo's regime in states like Oyo, Ekiti and plateau states before Baba Iyabo intervened and sacked their governors,declare state of emergency and installed sole administrators on them.

I thought after supreme court judgement the security apparatus will swing into action and enforce the judgement without any further delay.

Some of you are still living in old order where people's eyes were dark and doesn't know between their left and right. It was when people eyes opened that they had to take the case to supreme court and the supreme court declared that there is no portion of the constitution that allows dissolution of democratically elected officials because of state of emergency and the court faulted Obasanjo's state of emergency and since that time, no president dare declare state of emergency and dissolve democratically elected officials. It was totally wrong to have done that because it was against the letters of the constitution. Even if any president which to do that, the constitution handicapped him.
You guys need to go and learn what your constitution says and stop talking like illiterates, as many of you have turned president to autocratic president.
Simple understanding of issue becomes difficult for some of you. The suit was instituted before their defection and State Assembly have the right to deny them sitting by the virtue of their defection. The constitution is clear about that because it uses "shall vacate" and shall connotes 'must'.

BondRiv:
I don't blame Falana, rather I blame the legal profession for not disciplining him and others who are doing the same thing. Very shameful. Complicating simple issues and dancing all over the place. Only in Nigeria. Same thing is happening with the SC decision on LG autonomy.

Discipline him for saying the obvious. No reasonable person listen to his explanation and not be informed. The suit was instituted before their defection and the suit was at the instance of the 2024 budget. He said, it was after that they defected and the case of their defection is already at the FHC Port Harcourt and he said they are no more Rivers State legislators by the virtue of their defection and he advised them if they are not contented with the passage of the 2025 budget, they should sue the governor and the house again.
Very simple illustration but some of you still find it difficult to assimilate for political reason. Looking for what wasn't lost.