Rivers: Ex-dep Speaker Sues Tinubu To Stop Sole Administrators Funding

ABUJA- A former Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Marshall Stanley-Uwom, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, praying it to stop the Federal Government from releasing allocations accruable to the Local Government Councils, LGCs, in the state, to the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, Rtd.

The plaintiff, who was a lawmaker while the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr. Nyesom Wike, held sway as governor of the state, urged the court to declare that under section 71 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, as well as the judgement of the Supreme Court, Ibas cannot legally appoint unelected officials as caretakers to run the affairs of the LGCs in Rivers.

Among the reliefs he is seeking from the court are: An order that the State of Emergency in Rivers State issued and or proclaimed by the President has ceased to have effect.

He is also seeking an 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.