A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Onueze Chukwujinka Okocha, has known as on the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, to obey the courtroom ruling on the October 5 native authorities election within the state.
On July 19, 2024, a Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja issued a restraining order stopping the Nigeria Police Power and different safety companies from offering safety through the Native Authorities Election.
Moreover, on September 30, 2024, the Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja delivered a judgment that once more prohibited the Nigeria Police Power and different safety companies from collaborating within the Native Authorities Election.
Regardless of the rulings, Governor Fubara vowed that the election could be held as deliberate. Nevertheless, police authorities within the state mentioned they might not take part within the train.
Weighing in on the matter on Channels Tv’s Politics As we speak, Okocha warned that issues might mar the election because the police would adjust to the courtroom order by not offering safety for the train.
“The way in which ahead is for the State Unbiased Electoral Fee, the Governor of Rivers State represented by the Lawyer Common of Rivers State to obey the order of the courtroom,” he mentioned on Friday.
“INEC has mentioned that now we have not given them register, we won’t give them in compliance with the order of the courtroom. The Inspector Common of Police talking via the police spokesman in Rivers State has mentioned we’ll obey the order of the courtroom and won’t present safety for the election.”
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Go away Wike Out
Okocha, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Affiliation (NBA) additionally known as on political actors and stakeholders to cease heating Rivers polity.
He argued {that a} former Rivers State governor and FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has nothing to do with the disaster rocking the oil-rich state.
“The Minister of the FCT just isn’t a celebration on this case. Why ought to anyone be calling his identify? The problems concerned are problems with regulation and don’t have anything to do with personalities.
“The events concerned are establishments – All Progressives Congress (APC), Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), Rivers State Unbiased Electoral Fee, Lawyer Common of Rivers State, Authorities of Rivers State and the State Safety Companies.
“Folks ought to transfer away from parochialism and casting aspersions on people to attain low cost political factors,” he added.
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