NBA Calls For Gov. Fubara’s Reinstatement, Says Sole Administrator Unconstitutional
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called on President Bola Tinubu to reverse his earlier decision on Rivers State, nothing that the suspension of the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara is unconstitutional.
The NBA President, Afam Osigwe, who stated this during his appearance on a Television programme on Sunday, insisted that Fubara must be brought back to his position as the governor of Rivers State as the constitution does not recognise a Sole Administrator.
“That is our belief, that is what we expect the president to do, to restore him (Fubara) back to power having unconstitutionally removed him,”
“And that is why we do not recognise a sole administrator is the rightful person to occupy the government house in Rivers State having been appointed unconstitutionally.”
“Even when I saw him taking oath of office, I was wondering which oath he was taking because he was taking an oath not known to the constitution, the constitution does not recognise an administrator.”
Osigwe, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria said that the problem in Rivers State is being cured with a wrong solution, likening it to one using a sledgehammer on his head because of headache.
According to him, the measure being taken to address the Rivers problem “are overreaching, extensive, undemocratic and above all, unconstitutional.”
He maintained that the problem in Rivers State is political and only a political solution would bring it to an end.
