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PRESS RELEASE

Today, the 10th day of October 2024, the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division dismissed Appeal No. CA/ABJ/133/CS/2024 filed by His Excellency, the Governor of Rivers State against the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division in suit No. FHC/ABJ/133/CS/2023 delivered on the 22nd day of January, 2024.

It is important to state the facts and history of the case and the appeal thereof.

On the 30th day of October, 2023, after the failed attempt to impeach His Excellency, the Governor of Rivers State, the Rivers State House of Assembly became polarized into two factions. The faction led by Martin Amaewhule proceeded to the Federal High Court, Abuja Division and filed Suit No. FHC/ABJ/1613/CS/2023, on the 29th day of November, 2023.

Subsequently, on the 11th day of December, 2023, Martin Amaewhule and others defected from the Peoples Democratic Party that sponsored their election in the 2023 Legislative Assembly Election, to the All Progressives Congress.

By operation of Law, particularly Section 109(i) (g) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), Martin Amaewhule and 26 others automatically lost their seats as members of the Rivers State House of Assembly on the 11th day of December, 2023, as Section 109(1)(g) is self executory as no court order is required thereof.

His Excellency, the Governor of Rivers State on the 13th day of December, 2023, presented the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie, who was recognized as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly at the time. The Appropriation Bill was later passed into Law and became the Appropriation Law of 2024.

An Appropriation Law is a state law within the purview of the High Court of Rivers State.

Following the crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly and the intervention by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that the parties withdraw their cases in Court, to allow peace reign, His Excellency the Governor of Rivers State obeyed the President’s directive and withdrew his cases and the processes he filed in Suit No FHC/ABJ/1613/CS/2023. Martin Amaewhule and others disobeyed the President and did not withdraw Suit No. FHC/ABJ/1613/CS/2023 and proceeded to obtain judgment against His Excellency, the Governor of Rivers State.

After the judgment of the Court of Appeal today, there is a gale of misrepresentation and misinterpretation that Martin Amaewhule & 26 others remain members of the Rivers State House of Assembly with Martin Amaewhule as the speaker thereof. This is patently false.

The defection of Martin Amaewhule and 26 others was not an issue for determination in the Federal High Court, Abuja and the Court of Appeal. What was in issue was the 2023 Appropriation Law and the National Assembly taking over the Legislative functions of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

Dissatisfied with the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, His Excellency, the Governor has directed his lawyers to file an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court and also file an application for stay of execution of the judgment of the Court of Appeal. That maintains the status quo.

Accordingly, His Excellency, the Governor of Rivers State urges the good people of Rivers State to ignore the purveyors of fake news bent on misleading the good people of Rivers State.

Signed

D.I. Iboroma, SAN
Hon. Attorney General & Commissioner
For Justice, Rivers State

This man.......rest na

Hmmmm, hope the case will be well presented and argued because the whole situation might take another huge turn "if" the Supreme Court sustains the ruling of the Appeal Court...

Inspirer1:
Hmmmm, hope the case will be well presented and argued because the whole situation might take another huge turn "if" the Supreme Court sustains the ruling of the Appeal Court...

Supreme Court can not because this is miscarriage of justice.

The constitution and electoral act is clear.

Defect and lose your seat, it's simple.

Inspirer1:
Hmmmm, hope the case will be well presented and argued because the whole situation might take another huge turn "if" the Supreme Court sustains the ruling of the Appeal Court...

Fubara is finished, very foolish man.

Tinubuagbado:


Supreme Court can not because this is miscarriage of justice.

The constitution and electoral act is clear.

Defect and lose your seat, it's simple.

Fickle minded disillusioned Agbadorian, na with mouth person dey defect abi? For your info, defection/cross carpeting na by registration not by cheap talk, because you talk say you be Labor Party councilor, doesn’t make it true.

blacknp:
Fubara is finished, very foolish man.

Based on?

franugo:


Based on?

Na straight impeachment no later than 3 weeks after The Supreme Court of Nigeria affirms the ruling of the Federal High Court & The Court of Appeal.

Fubara is a very foolish puppet, Mumu Man.

blacknp:
Na straight impeachment no later than 3 weeks after The Supreme Court of Nigeria affirms the ruling of the Federal High Court & The Court of Appeal.

Fubara is a very foolish puppet, Mumu Man.

lol they cant...

I said it before.
The only thing that will save Fubara is political solution. Otherwise he's a goner. Too many mines set for him. Poor counsellors.
Except he's banking on violence, which he will lose if federal govt takes sides.
Don't be decieved by political miss-calculators.

ruggedtimi:
lol they cant...

The Judas knew it was coming, no wonder dey hurried up to conduct local government elections, before the judgement.

Buccalcavity2:
I said it before.
The only thing that will save Fubara is political solution. Otherwise he's a goner. Too many mines set for him. Poor counsellors.
Except he's banking on violence, which he will lose if federal govt takes sides.
Don't be decieved by political miss-calculators.

Like I tried to exclaim to ruggedtimi, that their mentor na first class Mumu.

blacknp:
Fickle minded disillusioned Agbadorian, na with mouth person dey defect abi? For your info, defection/cross carpeting na by registration not by cheap talk, because you talk say you be Labor Party councilor, doesn’t make it true.

blacknp, it obvious you were referring to yourself here

The last time I checked, you are a typical and an unapologetic fickle minded disillusioned Agbadorian

blacknp:
Fickle minded disillusioned Agbadorian, na with mouth person dey defect abi? For your info, defection/cross carpeting na by registration not by cheap talk, because you talk say you be Labor Party councilor, doesn’t make it true.

The affidavit they swore at a federal high Court na your birth certificate abi, or you don't know the gravity of that document, the case about their defection is still on, all this na wayo cases to distract they're stalling if that case come up for hearing there's no two ways about it they will be kicked out by the courts

Wike is wasting his time, the supreme Court can not affirm Martin amaeghule and his gang as members of rivers State House of assembly but if they do, which is an outright disregard of the Constitution, the rivers State governor and the people will obey the constitution and not any judge, nobody is going to tell us if they defected or not, we all saw them, so if wike like, let him pay those highly corrupt judges to dish out unconstitutional judgements, by November, fubara will present 2025 appropriation bill to Jombo and it will be passed , let us see how these inconcequential actors will come to rivers State to force those rogues on the people of rivers, as the judiciary has decided to go mad, it will be madness to madness

Can you support Wike Shetima 2027 ticket?

quote author=Oluchiugo post=132374811]This man.......rest na[/quote]

oyichi:
Wike is wasting his time, the supreme Court can not affirm Martin amaeghule and his gang as members of rivers State House of assembly but if they do, which is an outright disregard of the Constitution, the rivers State governor and the people will obey the constitution and not any judge, nobody is going to tell us if they defected or not, we all saw them, so if wike like, let him pay those highly corrupt judges to dish out unconstitutional judgements, by November, fubara will present 2025 appropriation bill to Jombo and it will be passed , let us see how these inconcequential actors will come to rivers State to force those rogues on the people of rivers, as the judiciary has decided to go mad, it will be madness to madness

Be doing chest beating there. If Supreme Court give final judgement and Fubara does anyhow then he would see the other side of Tinubu. He would be rounded up like a common criminal.

blacknp:
Na straight impeachment no later than 3 weeks after The Supreme Court of Nigeria affirms the ruling of the Federal High Court & The Court of Appeal.

Fubara is a very foolish puppet, Mumu Man.

all these panya kaikai guzzlers talking with out thinking like their godfather Wiked. Go and impeach fubara naa , you dey for nairaland dey vomit ogogoro.

News at its best

This movie go long
Meanwhile, I said it then that fubara should not have withdrawn his processes since the case was instituted by the Amaewhule group and they were yet to withdraw their case.
Secondly, I agree with the statement. S109 becomes operational once a member defects. You don't need a court to spell it out for you. So the 27 members are gone. But they have the right to stand for reelection in their new party any time INEC is ready to conduct the elections

popesco123:
Can you support Wike Shetima 2027 ticket?

quote author=Oluchiugo post=132374811]This man.......rest na

Both of them are too brutal, surely NO at least one of them should be gentle and calm. When Husband and Wife too hard wahala go dey that house. Hope you gerrit?

Max24:

Be doing chest beating there. If Supreme Court give final judgement and Fubara does anyhow then he would see the other side of Tinubu. He would be rounded up like a common criminal.

continue playing, tinubu Will round up a sitting governor in your shallow mind, you think that tinubu is as foolish as you people, he had seen that wike has lost the battle already, tinubu knows that he needs fubara more than wike in 2027

blacknp:
Na straight impeachment no later than 3 weeks after The Supreme Court of Nigeria affirms the ruling of the Federal High Court & The Court of Appeal.

Fubara is a very foolish puppet, Mumu Man.

You guys can't just read

Sometimes, agidi nor dey win fight. Fubara obviously didn't learn the dark side of politics before engaging in a fight. The Supreme Court may uphold the decision of the Appeal Court due to a few technical errors in this case. If that's the case, Fubara will NEVER escape the final chess move from those guys.

oyichi:
continue playing, tinubu Will round up a sitting governor in your shallow mind, you think that tinubu is as foolish as you people, he had seen that wike has lost the battle already, tinubu knows that he needs fubara more than wike in 2027

Maybe you are still a baby. Go and find out how many govs Obasanjo single handedly removed without court consent not to talk of when Supreme Court eventually rules. Even Buhari removed a Chief Justice so who is a gov. ? Tinubu is waiting for a Supreme Court pronouncement then you will see what happens.

Max24:

Maybe you are still a baby. Go and find out how many govs Obasanjo single handedly removed without court consent not to talk of when Supreme Court eventually rules. Even Buhari removed a Chief Justice so who is a gov. ? Tinubu is waiting for a Supreme Court pronouncement then you will see what happens.

Obasanjo was loved and feared as a former Army General

Buhari was feared and loved by his people and also former Army General

GEJ succeeded in Adamawa because the offense was obviously an impeachable one


Tinubu is widely hated and any arrogance from him undermining democratic tenets will be greeted with a nation wide protest, revolution and his disgraceful removal from office.

Make he try am first

Max24:

Maybe you are still a baby. Go and find out how many govs Obasanjo single handedly removed without court consent not to talk of when Supreme Court eventually rules. Even Buhari removed a Chief Justice so who is a gov. ? Tinubu is waiting for a Supreme Court pronouncement then you will see what happens.

it's you that is a baby here, so as a politician seeking re-election, you will prefer a minister to a sitting governor, you are not good in politics,

Atuero:


Obasanjo was loved and feared as a former Army General

Buhari was feared and loved by his people and also former Army General

GEJ succeeded in Adamawa because the offense was obviously an impeachable one


Tinubu is widely hated and any arrogance from him undermining democratic tenets will be greeted with a nation wide protest, revolution and his disgraceful removal from office.

Make he try am first

First apply your revolution to insisting on Kanus release. Let's see if you can force Tinubu to release Kanu since Tinubu is hated according to you

This Fubara fool will be impeached very soon.

The president should declear state of emergency in Rivers state

I'm very concerned about the sudden interest of yorubas in the affairs of Rivers state.

The yoruba President is making them gnash their teeths in fury but that is not their problem, their problem is who does what in Rivers state.