Siminalayi Fubara should be the first to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s suspension as governor of the River State, according to former presidential spokesman Laolu Akande.
If a president had suspended him while he was governor of Lagos State between May 1999 and May 2007, Akande claimed that Tinubu would have contacted the Supreme Court right away. Tinubu, who was in the opposition when he was governor of Lagos, is alleged to have challenged the then-President’s government’s seizure of local government funds.
According to the former presidential aide, Fubara should have not waited for seven Peoples Democratic Party governors to file a lawsuit challenging his six-month suspension.
Akande lamented that Fubara lacks courage, noting that the decision to suspend a state’s elected governor was against the law.
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He remarked, “The governors of the PDP have done a good job.” They would most likely be able to save the day. However, Governor Fubara’s presence makes me wonder. Do you know what Bola Ahmed Tinubu would do if someone abused him while he was the governor of Lagos?
He (Fubara) should be the first to appear in court because he still serves as governor and has a status that hasn’t been removed. That was impossible for him to be taken away. A doubtful suspension exists.
If Governor Fubara knew what he was doing, he should go to court first. And he couldn’t find the courage to tell his people that Rivers State’s actions are against the law.
How is it possible for me to serve as governor when the president who was also elected demands that I resign?
“Of course, I’ll leave so there’s no trouble, but I’ll go to court,” he said. And I’ll let my electorate know that the president has requested that I appear in court. I will protest because it is wrong. How can democracy be created in that manner. Agbada (flowing gown) is not about people.
Rivers State’s immediate-pas governor Nyesom Wike and his estranged ex-political godson Fubara have fought over the political structure’s hold on power for two years. Although a member of the PDP, Wike is the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister for Tinubu.
In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, suspended Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and first-time members of the Rivers State House of Assembly for six months.
The powerbroker for the All Progressives Congress (APC) argued that Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution prevented him from standing up for what he thought would be best.
Vice Admiral Ibok-ete Ibas (rtd), a retired naval chief, was immediately appointed and sworn in as the oil-rich Niger Delta state’s sole administrator.
The National Assembly approved the emergency rule in Rivers about 48 hours later, a move that pro-democracy activists and groups have criticised.
Source: Channels TV
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