LOCUS STANDI Vs RIVERS EMERGENCY RULE CASE: A Review Of Justice Omotosho’s Decision In Briggs & ORS v. President Of Nigeria & ORS
LOCUS STANDI AND THE RIVERS STATE EMERGENCY RULE CASE: A Review Of Justice Omotosho’s Decision In Briggs & ORS v. President Of Nigeria & ORS Recently, I was present at the Federal High Court, Abuja, when Hon. Justice James Omotosho delivered judgment in the suit challenging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, over the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State and the dissolution of its elected structures. The plaintiffs had approached the court seeking judicial review of the President’s action. In that decision, the Court held that the plaintiffs lacked the locus standi to institute the suit. I…