
RIVERS: APPEAL COURT RESERVES JUDGEMENT IN CASE AGAINST TINUBU, OTHERS
In a dramatic development for Rivers State politics, Sara Igbe and nine other elders in the state are suing President Bola Tinubu, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Martin Amaewhule, the Rivers State House of Assembly, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt has reserved judgement in this case.
The court decided to postpone making a decision until a later time after carefully reviewing the arguments made by both parties.
With Wilcox Abereton SAN representing them, the appellants are requesting a new judge to oversee the case due to their reservations about the trial judge’s impartiality.
K.C. Njemanze, the attorney for the fourth defendant (Amaewhule), argued in the argued in the meantime that the State High Court had good reason for dismissing the case.
On January 7, 2024, Sara Igbe and nine other Rivers State elders filed a lawsuit at the State High Court seeking clarification on the constitutionality of the “Peace Agreement” brokered between Governor Fubara; Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; Amaewhule, and others under the guise of a presidential peace pact in Abuja last December.
Furthermore, they sought interpretation of Section 109 of the constitution regarding whether lawmakers under Amaewhule’s leadership should have vacate their seats upon defecting from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
However, the case was dismissed by the High Court Judge, Justice Chinwendu Nworgu, for lack of jurisdiction even before proceedings began, prompting the plaintiffs to seek recourse at the Court of Appeal.
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