It’s In Order To Release Blocked Allocation To Rivers Administrator – Fagbemi

Vice Admiral Ibok-ete Ibas (rtd), the newly sworn-in Sole Administrator for Rivers State, will receive the blocked monthly allowance, according to Lateef Fagbemi, the attorney general of the Federation (AGF). ).

The justice minister claimed that the oil-rich state had a unique situation that had caused the initial seizure of allocation to be overturned after speaking with State House correspondents at the Villa on Wednesday.

According to Fagbemi, “Ripps State is in an extraordinary situation.” Because of the extraordinary circumstance that caused them to leave the usual course of things, the administrator may ask for these funds when he arrives, and he will say that is is appropriate for the release of that fund.

Emergency Rule: AGF despises Tinubu, defends Fubara, and enforces Wike

The Supreme Court of Nigeria (CBN), the Accountant General of the Federation, and other organizations were ordered by the Supreme Court to hold off releasing funds to the then-Siminalayi Fubara government until it was free of what the apex court characterized as flagrant disobedience to court orders on February 28, 2025.

In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, suspended Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and resigned from the House of Assembly there for six months.

According to Tinubu, who relyed on Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution to support his position, he can’t continue to observe the political deterioration in Rivers.

Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, Femi Falana, the Labour Party (LP), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Nigerian Bar Association, the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), among others, have expressly rejected and condemned the suspension of Fubara and other democratically elected representatives.

Source: Channels TV