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Topic: Court of Appeal Port Harcourt Division Virtual Court Sitting

At which JUDGMENT/RULING will be delivered in the following *Appeal(s):*

1. CA/PH/137M/2024
HON. ENYIADA CLIFFORD COOKEY-GAM (EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OPOBO/NKORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA & 6 ORS VS GOVERNOR OF RIVERS STATE & ORS

2. CA/PH/198/2024
HON. MARTIN CHIKE AMAEWHULE & 24 ORS VS RT. HON. VICTOR OKO JUMBO & 5 ORS

3. CA/PH/172/2024
HON. AUGUSTINE P. NGO VS PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY

4. CA/PH/145M/2024
HON. ENYIADA CLIFFORD COOKEY-GAM (EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OPOBO/NKORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA & 6 ORS VS GOVERNOR OF RIVERS STATE & ORS

*Date:* Tuesday, June, 11, 2024

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hmmm.

The court has risen briefly to allow counsel to respondents reproduce their ‘missing’ counter affidavits and motions today.

The Court was wise in only rising briefly to enable parties produce their processes rather than adjourning the matter to another day, as it had earlier granted a motion for accelerated hearing.

At this time, we wait not for days, but just hours.

The court will resume at 1:30pm Nigerian time and is determined to conclude this matter today. As the Court pleases.

Wike and Fubara fighting in Vain

Updates:
Counsel to Applicant: Amaewhule & others is currently presenting its final address to the Court.

Updates:
Counsel to 1st Respondent is presenting its written/final address to the court.

Updates:
Counsel to 1st Respondent has urged the court to dismiss the applications of the Applicants in its entirety.

It's unfortunate, the whole aim is to remove a governor for no reason cos you helped him to win election. Rivers state fund is the reason behind all this greed from Amaechi and Wike recently. I hope Tinubu will be wiser and don't let this nonsense continue.

Update:
Counsel to 2nd and 3rd Respondent presenting his final address.

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obataokenwa:
It's unfortunate, the whole aim is to remove a governor for no reason cos you helped him to win election. Rivers state fund is the reason behind all this greed from Amaechi and Wike recently. I hope Tinubu will be wiser and don't let this nonsense continue.

false. It is the Governor that is greedy. He wants to bring down the House of Assembly members and LGA chairmen because he feels that they are not loyal to him but to Wike his Boss. He wants to destroy the structure that produced him so that he can become a Lord overnight. If he wants to fight, let him fight and stop complaining. Nobody send am to fight person wey strong pass am.

Eteka1:
false. It is the Governor that is greedy. He wants to bring down the House of Assembly members and LGA chairmen because he feels that they are not loyal to him but to Wike his Boss. He wants to destroy the structure that produced him so that he can become a Lord overnight. If he wants to fight, let him fight and stop complaining. Nobody send am to fight person wey strong pass am.

Calmly read your write up again and ask yourself how will this help Nigeria to be better place and attract investment.

obataokenwa:
Calmly read your write up again and ask yourself how will this help Nigeria to be better place and attract investment.

go and ask Fubara that question, not me.

WIKE and his men will win at the court, bet me on this and fubara will be impeached in the next one week

Update;
4th Respondent has made his final address and 5th Respondent is giving final response.

Honourable Justice Dagogo-Jack has

COURT NULLIFIES AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3 OF RSHA SERVICE COMMISSION

A State High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt and presided over by Justice Mrs Kariba Dagogo Jack, on Tuesday, nullified the amendment of Section 3 of the Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission Law by the Martin Amaewhule-led Assembly, which sought to strip the Governor of the constitutional power to appoint the Chairman and Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission.

Delivering judgement on the matter which was brought before the court for consideration in a suit by an NGO, Association of Legal Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners, the presiding Judge said the amendment law no 3, 2024, was inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution, and as such null and void.

She said the Constitution unambiguously state that the Governor should constitute the board of the house of assembly service commission, and some other commissions, boards and Institutes, but based on the confirmation of the Assembly.

She declared that the amendment which shifted the power to constitute the House of Assembly Service Commission to the Speaker, contravene the doctrine of separation of powers which guarantees the right of the various arms of government to operate independently of each other.

The presiding Judge further stated that the Rivers State House of Assembly is not authorized by law to exercise executive powers which includes the constitution of the Rivers State House of Assembly Commission, which is among bodies described in part two of the third schedule of the Constitution whose membership are to be constituted by the Governor.

Speaking with Journalists shortly after the judgement, lead counsel for the NGO, Association of Legal Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners, Barr. Boma Owunabo, the suit was instituted in public interest to challenge the usurpation of executive powers by the Amaewhule-led Rivers State Assembly through the amendment.

Barr. Owunabo said the NGO was dedicated to ensuring that every legislation in the country is in tandem with the provisions of the Constitution.

He commended the presiding Judge for her forthrightness, due assessment and evaluation of evidence before delivering the judgement, stating that the judgement was a victory for good governance and the rule of law

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phantom:
Honourable Justice Dagogo-Jack has struck out Section 3 of the 2024 Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission Law. This amendment, pushed by Martin Amaewhule and his committee of friends, was pronounced unconstitutional.

The judge ruled that it violated the Nigerian Constitution, which gives the governor the authority to appoint the Chairman and members of state executive bodies, including the Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission.

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Fear wike fear wike.. 😂.. im go pish you enter one chance

Lmao 😂 The rat and his committee of friends

phemmyjohnson:


Lmao 😂 The rat and his committee of friends
What ever happens tinubu isn’t so dump to hand over total power to wike . He needs to put him in check and let him know he can be discarded anytime

You are celebrating too early...why not wait for the judgement proper?

Eteka1:
false. It is the Governor that is greedy. He wants to bring down the House of Assembly members and LGA chairmen because he feels that they are not loyal to him but to Wike his Boss. He wants to destroy the structure that produced him so that he can become a Lord overnight. If he wants to fight, let him fight and stop complaining. Nobody send am to fight person wey strong pass am.

You people will not kill person with laugh. Just because Ameachi told the governor that his popularity is because of the attack on Wike. He is an enemy to you people. This are the reason some of us keep saying that you people play emotional politics to much. Politician are really not enemy but fight for there interest and settle later. Ameachi and Wike are brothers from same tribe, so know that. I won't be surprise if you people start abusing Ameachi in the coming days. Hypocrisy is so high among you people. Fubara will lose the fight but may not be impeached. Up till now, I still don't like Wike but I don't care how the power tussle end because some of you supported Wike then, when he keep attacking Buhari and using Odili and wife to get favourable judgement and that led to Justice Odili denied CJN position which she merited. I have not seen the type of people in my life, like you and others who keep supporting wrong doings, just because he suit you and start crying when it becomes opposite.

phantom:
Honourable Justice Dagogo-Jack has struck out Section 3 of the 2024 Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission Law. This amendment, pushed by Martin Amaewhule and his committee of friends, was pronounced unconstitutional.

The judge ruled that it violated the Nigerian Constitution, which gives the governor the authority to appoint the Chairman and members of state executive bodies, including the Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission.

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Fear wike fear wike.. 😂.. im go pish you enter one chance... The LG chairmen are on their way out! Strike one! June 18 is sacrosanct. If you get 2 heads, put body.

Please don't be deceived, the news going round is from a State High Court, not the Appeal Court.

There's nowhere in the constitution that a State High Court judgment supercedes an Appeal Court.

The Appeal Court is still in session. No judgment has been given yet.

CilicMarin:


You are celebrating too early...why not wait for the judgement proper?

I’m not celebrating anything . I feel less concerned about both parties . I don’t just want the power drunkard wike to have his way so easy by doing to a sitting governor what he cannot accept .
Amaechi was a minister with federal backing when wike fought him to the extreme and heaven didn’t fall .
Heaven won’t fall!!

CilicMarin:


You are celebrating too early...why not wait for the judgement proper?

with this part alone, even if Assembly members come back, the LG chairmen are leaving June 18th. SIM can appoint a CTC in the LGs. That's one structure down already.

Update: Please disregard the above quote by me. Its wrong

kedeojo:
You people will not kill person with laugh. Just because Ameachi told the governor that his popularity is because of the attack on Wike. He is an enemy to you people. This are the reason some of us keep saying that you people play emotional politics to much. Politician are really not enemy but fight for there interest and settle later. Ameachi and Wike are brothers from same tribe, so know that. I won't be surprise if you people start abusing Ameachi in the coming days. Hypocrisy is so high among you people. Fubara will lose the fight but may not be impeached. Up till now, I still don't like Wike but I don't care how the power tussle end because some of you supported Wike then, when he keep attacking Buhari and using Odili and wife to get favourable judgement and that led to Justice Odili denied CJN position which she merited. I have not seen the type of people in my life, like you and others who keep supporting wrong doings, just because he suit you and start crying when it becomes opposite.

I don't know what you are talking about.

phantom:
with this part alone, even if Assembly members come back, the LG chairmen are leaving June 18th. SIM can appoint a CTC in the LGs. That's one structure down already.

That’s a big lie. Wait for appeal judgement. It’s ongoing. Every delay tactics has been defeated.

phantom:
with this part alone, even if Assembly members come back, the LG chairmen are leaving June 18th. SIM can appoint a CTC in the LGs. That's one structure down already.

Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission is not the same thing as LGA administration. The Constitution empowers State Houses of Assembly to make laws governing LGAs.

phantom:
with this part alone, even if Assembly members come back, the LG chairmen are leaving June 18th. SIM can appoint a CTC in the LGs. That's one structure down already.

There is no ruling from the Appeal Court...The Judgment ruling has not started, I dey follow up? So I dont know where you quoted the ruling striking out that particular paragraph from?

Update;
The Court of Appeal is set to rule on the application.

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