The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticized the governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, as the president of the state, for not having the constitutional authority to suspend him.  ,
PDP spokesman Debo Ologunagba claimed Tinubu’s proclamation was in violation of the Constitution of 1999 in a statement released on Tuesday.
The unconstitutional suspension of the democratically elected governor of Rivers State, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and the appointment of an unelected individual, Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (rtd), are, according to the PDP spokesman, an abrogation of the people’s right to choose their leader under the Constitution, according to President Tinubu.
Therefore, Mr. President’s action clearly resembles a state-capital attempt.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been bent on stoking the state’s crisis by creating a well-oiled plot to take control Rivers State, which will ultimately lead to the state’s truncation of democracy.
Read more about Tinubu’s declaration of state of emergency in rivers and Fubara suspension.
The PDP informs that the unwarranted enactment of emergency rule in Rivers State is a part of a larger, more vicious plot to decimate the opposition, establish a totalitarian one-Party system, and turn the nation into a fiefdom.
Without the need for the statutory approval of the National Assembly, the President has the exclusive authority to declare or carry out the declaration of an emergency in any case under Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution.
Vladimir Putin agreed to halt attacks on Ukrainian energy targets on Tuesday in a call with Donald Trump, but he vowed to reject a full ceasefire and demanded that all military aid for Kyiv be stopped.
The US and Russian leaders exchanged more than an hour and a half of conversation in hopes of resolving Moscow’s pro-Western neighbor’s three-year-old, full-scale invasion.
However, the highly anticipated call failed to deliver the breakthrough that Trump had hoped for because Ukraine had already agreed to a 30-day ceasefire with the Russian president.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Kyiv, stated in Kyiv that he supported the energy truce but that Putin’s refusal to negotiate a wider peace showed that he was not “ready” and continues to “weaken” Ukraine.
Trump insisted on his Truth Social network that they understood “we will be working quickly to have a Complete Ceasefire and, ultimately, an END to this very horrible War.”
However, the Kremlin made it abundantly clear that any genuine truce would be in vain and dependent on Russian demands that Ukraine and its Western allies would find difficult to accept.
Trump also demands the US judge be removed from international flights.
According to a Kremlin statement, Putin had already given his military the directive to halt strikes against Ukraine’s energy targets for 30 days. The leaders “concluded that the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire,” according to the White House in a separate statement.
Throughout the winter, Russia has carried out a number of devastating attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Multiple Russian oil installations have been bombed by Ukraine using drones.
– Kyiv sirens
In a statement from the White House, which noted a “huge upside” for Russia and the United States, Trump and Putin also agreed that further peace negotiations would “begin immediately.”
However, according to the Kremlin, the “key condition” for peace would be the “complete cessation” of Western military and intelligence support for Ukraine’s troubled military.
A few hours after the call, air raid sirens rang out and air raid sirens sounded over the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, according to AFP journalists, in a show of resolve by Russia to continue its larger offensive.
Trump has stated that he intends to fulfill his election pledge to end fighting in Ukraine, and that he blames Joe Biden’s administration for promoting the conflict.
In February, he shocked the world by making an unexpected call with Putin and launching discussions with Russia to end the conflict, igniting fears among allies that he was turning too far in the direction of Moscow.
Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky engaged in a televised shouting match as he upended years of US policy supporting Ukraine.
However, Putin’s willingness to a ceasefire has been questioned by Western allies.
Following the Kremlin’s announcement, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to continue providing military aid to Ukraine.
Scholz remarked, “Ukraine can count on us.”
– Concerned allies
Trump’s attempt to force through a deal that punishes Ukraine without demanding concessions from Russia has also raised concerns among the Europeans.
Trump stated over the weekend that he was interested in “diving up some of Ukraine’s assets,” including land and power plants.
Ukraine had already agreed to Washington’s request for a full 30-day ceasefire when under US pressure. Additionally, it consents to a US plan to grant it preferential access to Ukraine’s mineral resources.
However, Putin has stated on numerous occasions that additional issues needed to be discussed, most notably those that centered on its maximalist demands that the West stop supporting Ukraine.
In recent months, Russia has made a grinding advance in southern and eastern Ukraine.
Parts of Kyiv’s Kursk region, which Moscow seized last year and was hoping to use as a bargaining chip, have also been seized back by Moscow.
Russia claimed on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces had earlier launched a ground invasion of the Belgorod region but were later pushed back, implying that the Russian-led talks were being undermined.
The Abuja Package B, MKO Abiola Stadium Complex construction project has been approved by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as well as the United States Football Association (NFF).
Tajudeen Abbas, the speaker of the House of Representatives, praised the NFF for their work in enhancing the nation’s football infrastructure at the groundbreaking ceremony.
According to Abbas, “This project will have a far-reaching impact on the development of sport in the country. It will save a lot of money both financially and financially to improve football efficiency in Nigeria,” she said.
He also reassured the NFF of the House of Representatives’ backing, saying that “we will work together to make sure this project is finished in time.”
Ibrahim Gusau, president of NFF, addressed the guests and stated that the project ushered in a new era for international football development in Nigeria.
I pledged to push this legacy project with my executives as soon as we took the oath of office in 2022. “We are officially entering a new era in Nigeria football,” Gusau said.
The project, which is supported by FIFA’s Forward Program, aims to create a conducive environment for players and officials to excel.
Gusau emphasized the value of investing in football infrastructure, stating that “for the sustained success of our football on the continent and the global stage, it is crucial for us to provide the conducive environment, infrastructure, equipment, and support system that will allow players and officials to give their very best.”
Mutiu Adepoju, a former Nigerian international, praised the NFF for its efforts to create a conducive environment for young talents to flourish.
Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president, has condemned the state of emergency in Rivers state as a serious assault on democracy.
The former vice president responded on his verified Facebook page, blaming the declaration as being deceptive and made in bad faith.
According to him, Bola Tinubu, the president of Rivers State, has no way of avoiding responsibility for the chaos his administration has caused or failed to cause.
He added that the President should assume full responsibility for damage to the state’s infrastructure rather than declare state of emergency on the residents of Rivers State.
Additionally, read: Fubara is suspended after Tinubu declares state of emergency in rivers.
According to Akiku, the Rivers State declaration of a state of emergency resembles political scheming and absolute bad faith.
Bola Tinubu has played a vested partisan role in the political unrest that is engulfing Rivers, according to those who are monitoring the unfolding crisis. His blatant inaction, or his deliberate carelessness, is nothing short of scandalous.
Beyond the political plot in the rivers, the blatant security breaches that led to the state’s president’s desk’s condemnable destruction of the nation’s infrastructure.
Tinubu is unable to accept blame for the chaos that his administration has caused or failed to cause.
Under the leadership of Tinubu, the Niger Delta was reintroduced into a violent era of unrest and instability, undoing the hard-won peace that was established by late President Umaru Yar’Adua. In order to pursue egotistical political calculations, years of progress have been recklessly erased.
Nigeria experienced a number of state-level cases of emergency rule as a result of its return to democracy in May 1999.
According to Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution, three presidents, including Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, and Bola Tinubu, have declared state of emergency and suspended democratically elected governors.
A state of emergency is defined as a state of national danger, disaster, or terrorist attack where the government suspends routine constitutional procedures to regain control, according to the section.
President Bola Tinubu and former president Goodluck Jonathan on Friday, October 27, 2023, during his visit to the president.
The President has the right to make any necessary laws to protect public safety and order while in a state of emergency.
A timeline of Nigeria’s emergency rule since 1999 can be found here.
1. The elected governor Joshua Dariye and the State House of Assembly were suspended as a result of Obasanjo’s decision on May 18, 2004, imposing a state of emergency on Plateau State. He charged the governor with failing to put an end to a series of bloodletting clashes between the Plateau State’s Muslim and Christian communities, which has since September 2001 claimed more than 2, 000 lives.
Full Text: Tinubu’s State of Emergency in Rivers State
2. In some local governments in Borno and Plateau States, Jonathan declared a state of emergency on December 31, 2011.
3. Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa, the northeast’s three insurgent-ridden states, were declared in a state of emergency on May 14, 2013.
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (rtd) as the state’s military director amid the state’s oil-rich South-State.
From July 2015 to January 2021, Ibas served as Nigeria’s chief of naval staff.
The President removed Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy Ngozi Odu from office after they both received six-month suspensions at a television broadcast on Tuesday.
The Rivers State House of Assembly was suspended by the governor and his deputy, along with all other members.
Full Text: Tinubu’s State of Emergency in Rivers State
According to Tinubu, the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs. Ngozi Odu, and all other elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State are now suspended for a period of six months.
In the interest of the good people of Rivers State, I hereby nominate Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (Rtd) as administrator.
The judicial branch of Rivers State shall continue to function in accordance with their constitutional mandate, to the avoid any doubt, according to this declaration.
