By: Emamuzo Iboma
In a vital political decision, governments of the of the Democratic Party challenges the last state of status Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The lawsuit, filed with Supreme Court, contests the President’s power to suspend Governor Siminalayi Fubara- who is also the Vice Chairman of the PDP, and his assistant, Ngozi, Odu and House of Assembly state members. We also demand the appointment of retired Vice Admiral Ibok Eye Ibas as a Sole Administrator of the State during just declared six-month emergency period announced on the 18th of March,2025.
PDP governors from Adamawa, Enugu, Osun, Oyo, Bauchi, Always Ibom, Plateau, Delta, Taraba, Zamfara, and Bayelsa are questioning the action, presented under the reference number SC / 329/2025, it takes a constitutional interpreter to whether a president has the power of the democratic government and installing an encountered administrator.
Replied by Prominent legal figures such as Ayorinde Bolaji(SAN), Kamaldeen Ajihads (SAN), and others debated that this decision undermines the constitution federalism in the written Constitution of Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the general process of the Federation and Minister of Justice (SAN), starting at the legal prospel of the president. AGF office sources confirmed that lawyers are actively working to write the federal government response in search. Supreme Court has also yet to plan a public hearing .
In a related decision, the House of Representatives should inaugurate a committee of the advertisement to assume the legislative functions of the state of the emergency. The committee will be chaired by the House leader Prof.Julius Ihonvere, with Minority Whip as his assistant. Other committee members include Isiaka Ibrahim, Idris Wase, Muktar Betara and Sara Soil.
The House of Representative Spokeperson Rotimi Akin explained that the National Assembly had debate and changed the emergency advertisement to ensure democratic supervision. A major change in emergency regulatory supervision under the national assembly, rather than the Federal Executive Board.
Emphasis by Rotimi remains attached to the constitutional government, insisting that emergency measures will serve transparent legislative examination to protect the democratic norms
