Court strikes out seeking to nullify ‘peace deal’ between Fubara, Wike
Siminalaye Fubara and his boss Nyesom Wike
Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
A Rivers High Court presided over by Justice Chiwendu Nworgu has struck out a suit challenging the legality of terms of settlement brokered by President Bola Tinubu for the settlement of the crisis between the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike.
The suit was filed by a group of 10 persons who claimed to be representatives of sons and daughters of Rivers State led by a former spokesman of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe.
The suit was filed against President Tinubu, Fubara; the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, Rivers State House of Assembly, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The plaintiffs had approached the court to challenge President Tinubu’s 8-point peace resolution adopted for settlement of the political rift between the Nyesom Wike Minister of Federal Capital Territory and Governor Fubara Rivers State.
Part of the peace accord include the recall of Commissioners who are loyal to Wike and who voluntarily resigned from the Fubara’s cabinet at the when the crisis between both men broke out.
The Plaintiffs had also asked the Court to determine whether it was legal for the governor to re-present the 2024 budget to 24 members of the House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule whose seats they claimed had been declared vacant and the reinstatement of commissioners who willingly resigned their offices.
The Rivers House of Assembly has already rescreened the former commissioners for and cleared by the
However, citing the judgement of Justice James Omotosho of Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday January 22,which nullified the activities of the Edison Ehie –led faction loyal to Governor Fubara of the Assembly, Justice Nworgu declined jurisdiction and strike out the case.
Our Correspondent reports that the verdict of Justice Chiwendu Nworgu is the second judgement against the Governor within two days.
