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A lawsuit has been filed challenging the State of Emergency declared by Tinubu.

However, opposition governors will contest the interpretation of the constitutional right of the President regarding State of Emergency declarations.

Details later…

Hmm 🤔

Where will the suite be heard... In Nigeria...? In tinubu and wike's court..?

I laff!!!!

ALLEGED COMPLICITY IN ATTACKS ON OIL INSTALLATIONS: PUTTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT

Our attention has been drawn to a number of allegations claiming that Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, did nothing to dissuade criminal groups and militants from making good their threats to attack oil installations in the State.

There was also another claim that after demolishing the Hallowed Chambers of the State House of Assembly on Moscow Road in Port Harcourt, the Governor did nothing to rebuild the facility.

Ordinarily, we would have ignored the statements as mere results of lack of adequate information to the Presidency by those tasked with the responsibility of providing same to guide decision-making, but it has become imperative to set the records straight and correct the erroneous impression such narratives are creating in the minds of the Nigerian people.

First, it is important to clarify that Governor Fubara has nothing to do with the threats by militants and also did not in any way “telegraph” the reported attacks on any oil facility in the State.

It is on record that the reaction of stakeholders in the Niger Delta, especially elders, chiefs, women, Ijaw National Congress, its youth wing, IYC, as well as militants, among others, was triggered by remarks by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, in a live media chat, during which he dismissed Ijaws as a minority of the minorities and powerless in the Nigerian polity, saying that Ijaws are not the only ones that are militants and can blow up pipelines; that Ogonis, Ikwerres, and others are also militants and can as well blow up pipelines.

Most of the Ijaw groups and leaders even demanded an apology from the FCT Minister, which he rebuffed.

Available public records show that Governor Fubara, on several occasions and at every forum, including all the project commissioning events as well as the handover of the AW139 Helicopter to the Nigerian Air Force, between March 3 and 13, 2025, made it clear that his administration was committed to the peace, security, and safety of oil facilities in the State.

He often recalled his pivotal role as a member of the Presidential Committee on the Protection of Oil Installations in the Region, and repeatedly emphasized the need to protect oil pipelines and other facilities in the State, urging his supporters and the people of the State to avoid acts capable of destabilizing the State or sabotaging the nation’s economy.

Since inception as the Chief Executive of Rivers State, Governor Fubara has prioritized investment in upscaling the welfare and operational equipment of all personnel and arms of the Armed Forces and security agencies in the State by building livable office and residential accommodation for officers and men and donating vehicles, gunboats, helicopters, and other critical needs of the formations to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in the performance of their duties.

His commitment to total peace and good governance in the State has contributed significantly to increased oil production and revenues for the country since May 29, 2023, as the continuous rise in the accruable revenue from the State into the Federation Account has shown over the months.

On the claim that the Governor acted with impunity to demolish the Hallowed Chambers of the State House of Assembly and did nothing to rebuild the Chambers 14 months after, it is on record that Governor Fubara acted based on professional advice and guidance.

Let it be clarified that the former Governor and now FCT Minister repeatedly criticized the dilapidated and leaking Assembly Complex, and during the commissioning of the Assembly Quarters in August 2022, challenged the lawmakers to take responsibility for the poor state of the edifice, rejecting requests to rebuild it to ensure a conducive legislative environment for the lawmakers.

It must be noted that immediately after the incident of October 29, 2023, and experts’ reports, the Government decided to heed the age-old demands of the lawmakers to rebuild the facility and promptly demolished the dilapidated structure to give way to a state-of-the-art Assembly Complex, which is now nearly 80 percent completed.

It would be recalled that in the wake of the most peaceful and violence-free Local Government election in the State on the 5th October, 2024, the supporters of the FCT Minister violently attacked and razed facilities in some local government council secretariats without any reprisals from Governor Fubara’s supporters.

It is also pertinent to draw the attention of security agencies to the fact that LGAs where those attacks were unleashed are the same places that have repeatedly witnessed violence perpetrated by detractors of the Governor Fubara-led administration.

This is why it is important for the security agencies to focus on the real purveyors of violence, critically evaluate these incidents, and diligently undertake investigations to unravel the elements behind the crimes and bring them to justice without let or hindrance.

It is clearly untrue that somebody who has all the while preached peace and non-violence, even in the face of extreme provocations, would be “telegraphing attacks on oil pipelines” and breaching the peace he has worked so hard to promote and sustain for the good of the people of the State.

Signed

Nelson Chukwudi

Chief Press Secretary to the Governor

Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Can the president be sued for actions taken while in office?
I doubt this suit will not be struck out

Ok I see the AGF is joined in the suit

It should sail through then

But it would have been better FGN was joined rather than the president make all these agbado courts no use that one as excuse kick out the suit

Tinubu will be fine.

This is just opposition trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.

You mean lawsuit against an action announced by Governor and ratified by both houses

Lawyers go see case wey no get merit still encourage you to follow through and collect your money

Between Lawyers and Motivational speakers who sabi scam pass

This administration is the worst I've seen in this country

Truths9ja:
Breaking News:

A lawsuit has been filed challenging the State of Emergency declared by Tinubu.

However, opposition governors will contest the interpretation of the constitutional right of the President regarding State of Emergency declarations.

Details later…

If the supreme Court in 2006 said Former Governor Dariye doesn't have the locus to challenge the state of emergency in court, I don't think this person and even PDP governors stand a chance to file such case.

Jorussia:
If the supreme Court in 2006 said Former Governor Dariye doesn't have the locus to challenge the state of emergency in court, I don't think this person and even PDP governors stand a chance to file such case.

not true

Truths9ja:
not true

what do u mean not true? what then is the reason the supreme Court gave for dismissing the case?

Tinubu will win this one easily.

The constitution is clear on the powers of the president.

We don't need to be a lawyer to know the final verdicts. This is exactly how useless and nonsensical our judiciary has depleted, Even the most stupid person in Nigeria knows the outcome. It is only a fool that will argue this simple submission. Judiciary my foot.

Truths9ja:
Breaking News:

A lawsuit has been filed challenging the State of Emergency declared by Tinubu.

However, opposition governors will contest the interpretation of the constitutional right of the President regarding State of Emergency declarations.

Details later…

This is rubbish

PDP governors should meet the supreme Court to interpret section 305 ... Let tinubu make it official that a governor can be suspended at will by the president

Jorussia:
If the supreme Court in 2006 said Former Governor Dariye doesn't have the locus to challenge the state of emergency in court, I don't think this person and even PDP governors stand a chance to file such case.

PDP should not challenge what's going on in rivers but demand for interpretation of section 305

Tinubu has inducted Akpabio and Abbass into the national hall of shame 👌

That?

The only way is for the supreme court of injustice to use technicality

No matter the amount of defecation that has been done on the constitution by tinubu and his cohort in NASS the constitution still remains clear
He has powers to declare state of emergency not power to remove governor's and HOA

tundegan:
Tinubu will win this one easily.

The constitution is clear on the powers of the president.

Truths9ja:
Breaking News:

A lawsuit has been filed challenging the State of Emergency declared by Tinubu.

However, opposition governors will contest the interpretation of the constitutional right of the President regarding State of Emergency declarations.

Details later…

Daniel, no dey waste your time. The judiciary is as corrupt as fvck now. They have bought every corner of the judiciary we have few judges with integrity and if you watch the trend, such judges are never allowed to grow dey don't mind leaving them in the high courts without promotion to the court of Appeal or the supreme court. But you see those ones that do their bids? They are the ones that are being promoted to those apex courts.

The question is where will they be after Tinubu tenure?
Where will wike go to?

The next president does has scores to settle seriously
This one will not go silent I think

Truths9ja:
Tinubu has inducted Akpabio and Abbass into the national hall of shame 👌

The PDP and their governors are a disgrace of opposition. They just endorsed their sacking by Tinubu by being docile and lilly livered

Truths9ja:
Breaking News:

A lawsuit has been filed challenging the State of Emergency declared by Tinubu.

However, opposition governors will contest the interpretation of the constitutional right of the President regarding State of Emergency declarations.

Details later…

Emergency rule is a constitutional provision and can be challenged in court.

RISQUE:
Daniel, no dey waste your time. The judiciary is as corrupt as fvck now. They have bought every corner of the judiciary we have few judges with integrity and if you watch the trend, such judges are never allowed to grow dey don't mind leaving them in the high courts without promotion to the court of Appeal or the supreme court. But you see those ones that do their bids? They are the ones that are being promoted to those apex courts.

Nawa, And you are very right

The attached report refers. That was the same facility that the president and his AGF pointedly accused Fubara of masterminding the blast, barely 24 hours after the incident. When was the investigation done to come to such a conclusion? Mind you, that supposed blast was not on ijaw land but in Ogoniland. Remember, Wike was on TV last week, boasting that it's not only ijaws that can blow pipelines, that Ogonis and Ikwerres could also blow pipelines.
Hypothetically, assuming without conceding, that there was indeed a blast,(contrary to this attached report), how are we sure that it was not a decoy by agent provocateurs to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it, by pinning it on Fubara in order to set the stage for a state of emergency?
I say this because we saw it happen during Abacha's time.

At the height of the struggle against Abacha,
there were some incessant bomb blasts in Lagos, particularly around the road not far from Albati barracks, near Ojuelegba. Even Lagos Governor, Buba Marwa was not spared of such blasts
At the time the bombs were going off, the Abacha government was accusing NADECO of being behind the blasts, which was a lie. It was a decoy to rope in NADECO activists.

Incidentally, one of the people the Abacha junta lied against of planting bombs was Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the main reason he had to flee into exile. Buba Marwa was later to debunk that it was NADECO activists that tried to bomb him.
So therefore, we need to be circumspect when we throw out accusations such as this, within 24 hours of such incidents.
Fortunately, this attached report has even debunked that there was a blast. You could still have declared your illegal state of emergency without making up stories against the governor.
This too shall pass.

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