{"id":160401,"date":"2025-04-25T19:23:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ex-rivers-deputy-speaker-asks-court-to-block-lg-funds-release-to-sole-administrator"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:37:26","slug":"ex-rivers-deputy-speaker-asks-court-to-block-lg-funds-release-to-sole-administrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-rivers-deputy-speaker-asks-court-to-block-lg-funds-release-to-sole-administrator","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Rivers Deputy Speaker asks court to block LG funds release to sole administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former Deputy Speaker of Rivers State, Marshall Stanley-Uwom, has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to block the release of local government allocations to Rivers State Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas.<\/p>\n<p>The former lawmaker, a member of the House during Nyesom Wike\u2019s tenure as governor, wants the court to declare that Ibas can\u2019t appoint unelected caretakers to run local governments.<\/p>\n<p>One of the reliefs sought is a court order declaring the end of the state of emergency in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>He is also seeking \u201can order compelling the 7th Defendant (Ibas) to immediately vacate the office of Sole Administrator of Rivers State and allow the democratically elected Governor of Rivers State to resume his office\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The suit, marked FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/797\/2025, lists President Bola Tinubu and eight other defendants, including the National Assembly, lawmakers, Ibas, CBN and other government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Stanley-Uwom, the plaintiff, through his legal team, has posed four questions for the court for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>They are:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether by virtue of Section 305 (6) (b) of the Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As Amended) the Proclamation issued by the President has ceased to have effect in the absence of a resolution supported by two-thirds majority of all the members of each House of the National Assembly approving the Proclamation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether by virtue of Section 7 (1) of the Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As Amended) and the Supreme Court decision in AG OF THE FEDERATION V. AG OF ABIA STATE &amp; ORS (2024) LPELR-62576 (SC), the 7th Defendant can legally appoint unelected officials as caretaker to run the affairs of the Local Government Councils of Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether by virtue of Section 7 (1) of the Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As Amended) and the Electoral Act and the Supreme Court decision in AG OF THE FEDERATION V. AG OF ABIA STATE &amp; ORS (2024) LPELR-62576 (SC), the 8th, 9th and 10th Defendants can legally release allocations accruable to the Local Government Councils of Rivers State from the Federation Account to the unelected officials appointed by the 7th Defendant as caretaker appointed to run the affairs of the Local Government Councils in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether by virtue of Section 197 and 198 of the Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As Amended) the 7th Defendant can legally remove from office the Chairman and members of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission ,RSIEC, who were appointed and confirmed by the Rivers State House of Assembly and appoint a new Chairman and members for the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff in his affidavit, stated, \u201cThat during the 2023 general elections, Governor Siminalayi Fubara was elected Governor of Rivers State. However, relying on Section 305 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, the 1st Defendant declared a state of emergency in Rivers State and also suspended the said Siminalayi Fubara as governor of Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat in line with Section 305 (6) (b) of the Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As Amended), the 1st Defendant requested the resolution of the 2nd Defendant supported by two-thirds majority of all the members of the 3rd and 5th Defendants approving the Proclamation of state of emergency in Rivers State as declared by the 1st Defendant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat 3rd and 5th Defendants at their plenary sessions of Thursday, 20th March 2025 purportedly approved the request of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to proclaim a state of emergency in Rivers State without proper votes establishing and or showing that two-thirds majority votes were secured to support or approve the Proclamation of state of emergency in Rivers State as declared by the 1st Defendant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat instead the 4th and 6th Defendants proclaimed that they had secured resolution of the 3rd and 5th Defendants at their plenary sessions through voice votes and not through proper vote count as required for the passing of a resolution of this nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat on the 19th of March, 2025, the 1st Defendant swore in the 7th Defendant as the Sole Administrator of Rivers State. That the 7th Defendant thereafter immediately took over the affairs of the administration of Rivers State by moving into the government house of Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat upon taking over the affairs of the government of Rivers State, the 7th Defendant sacked all the officers in charge of the affairs of the Local Government of Rivers State and appointed a new set of Local Government Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the LGAs in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat the 7th Defendant also removed from office the Chairman and members of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, appointed and confirmed by the Rivers State House of Assembly and appoint a new Chairman and members for the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff alleged that the 8th to 10th defendants have been releasing local government allocations to the caretaker committees appointed by the Sole Administrator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat the 7th Defendant is utilizing the fund of Rivers state without parliament appropriations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat it shall be in the interest of justice to grant all the reliefs in the Originating Summons,\u201d the plaintiff averred.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A former Deputy Speaker of Rivers State, Marshall Stanley-Uwom, has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to block the release of local government allocations to Rivers State Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas. 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