Riversstateemergencyrule

Oct

2025

LOCUS STANDI Vs RIVERS EMERGENCY RULE CASE: A Review Of Justice Omotosho’s Decision In Briggs & ORS v. President Of Nigeria & ORS

OPINION, POLITICS#Bar.MondayUbaniOnyekachi, #BolaAhmedTinubu, #GovernorSiminalayiFubara, #Locusstandi, Ann-KioBriggs, Riversstateemergencyrule

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…

Sep

2025

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Emergency Rule: Ibas rejects Assembly probe of spending, tags it “fool’s errand”

POLITICS#Fubararesumesoffice, #Ibok-EteIbas, #NyesomWike, #NyesomWike-FubaraCrisis, #SiminalayiFubara, Riversstateemergencyrule

Emergency Rule: Ibas rejects Assembly probe of spending, tags it "fool's errand" Former Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has rebuffed sharply to effort the Rivers State House of Assembly to probe government spending during the just elapsed six-month emergency rule. Ibas, who without mincing words described the exercise as a “fool’s errand",insisted that the Assembly lacked the authority to investigate his stewardship since his appointment was not instigated by the latter, nor did it supervise his tenure. The handover was following the reinstatement of Fubara alongside other elected officials. The Assembly, presided over by Speaker Martin Amaewhule,…