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Fubara Can Transact Business with Lawmakers Who Did Not Vacate Seats, Court Rules

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  •  A Rivers State High Court has ruled that Governor Siminialayi Fubara can transact business with lawmakers who did not vacate their seats.

  •     The court dismissed a suit seeking to compel the governor to present the 2024 budget to the 27 lawmakers who defected and lost their seats.

  •   The judgment stated that the governor can only interface with the properly constituted House of Assembly led by Oko-Jumbo.

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared that Governor Siminialayi Fubara has the legal standing to transact businesses with lawmakers who did not vacate their seats.

The court, presided over by Justice Sika Aprioku, made the declaration while dismissing a suit filed by the Registered Trustees of the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners.

The suit, marked PHC/3552/CS/2024, had sought to compel the governor to present the 2024 budget to the 27 lawmakers who defected and lost their seats.

However, Justice Aprioku ruled that the governor cannot carry on business with those who defected and lost their seats.

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According to the certified true copy of the judgment, “the same way His Excellency Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, presented Budgets and financial Bills with only Six members, when the numbers were less than two third 2/3 of the 32 Members, so shall His Excellency, Siminalayi Fubara, the Governor of Rivers State be constitutionally guided to interface, and approach the properly constituted House of Assembly led by Oko-Jumbo, to carry on business of the State.”

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Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has appointed four new traditional rulers, including former Niger Delta militant leader, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari.

Dokubo-Asari was presented with a certificate and staff of office as the Amanyanabo of Torusarama Piri in Degema local government area.

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