Supreme Court Has Ended Impunity In Rivers, Says Wike

Nyesom Wike, the FCT’s Minister, reported on Friday that the Supreme Court’s decision to end impunity in the oil-rich state stemmed from a crisis that had rocked the Rivers State House of Assembly.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Accountant General of the Federation, and other organizations were prohibited from releasing funds to the Rivers State government until it purges itself of what the court describes as flagrant disobedience to court orders by the apex court in its ruling on Friday.

The five-man court panel unanimously rejected Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cross-appeal challenging the legitimacy of the House of Assembly, which Martin Amaewhule is the Speaker.

The state’s most recent local government elections were also annulled by the Supreme Court because they flagrantly violated the Electoral Act.

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The minister briefed reporters shortly after the verdict and praised the judiciary for upholding the rule of law.

It is unheard of if you permit one member to form an assembly one day, and you have no authority to do it. We must commend the judiciary for declaring that this kind of impunity cannot be tolerated, according to Wike.

“You conducted local government elections without adhering to the Electoral Act.” People were ecstatic for him (Siminalyi Fubara, the governor), saying, “Yes, you did well.”

Former Rivers State Governor Wike also criticised Governor Siminalyi Fubara and the governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum.

He claimed that the Supreme Court’s decision, which represents the matter’s final legal authority, leaves the Rivers State Governor with no choice but to fully accept it.

“I hope they will salute him today.” I’m hoping the PDP Governors Forum’s Chairman will also come up for him today. He continued, “We must not truncate our democracy, as Supreme Court has stated in recent months.”

The highest court of the land has now disregarded this issue, according to the FCT Minister, and all that can be appealed to God is now.

It’s not about me, people are saying, “Wike Wike, it’s not about me, how can a man destroy the state assembly’s edifice and bring his portion to his house, unheard of.”

The impunity must end, according to me, because it is happiness for Rivers people as well as Nigerians. You can’t allow this to happen, he said, “We can’t allow anyone to tamp down the country’s democracy,” he said.

Source: Channels TV