19 March 2025 |
6:03 am
Nigerian rapper and actor, Folarin Falana, often known as Falz, has mentioned that no legislation in Nigeria permits a president to droop a governor. The 34-year-old lawyer made this recognized on Tuesday after President Bola Tinubu introduced the six-month suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of…
Nigerian rapper and actor, Folarin Falana, often known as Falz, has mentioned that no legislation in Nigeria permits a president to droop a governor.
The 34-year-old lawyer made this recognized on Tuesday after President Bola Tinubu introduced the six-month suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the state Home of Meeting.
“Rivers State, there’s ABSOLUTELY NO LAW that enables a president to SUSPEND a governor. A governor is elected into workplace and should solely be eliminated by impeachment,” Falz wrote on X (previously Twitter), attaching screenshots of Part 305 of the 1999 Structure, which outlines the circumstances underneath which a president can declare a state of emergency.
The rapper additionally questioned the legality of Tinubu’s motion, arguing that Rivers State doesn’t meet any of the constitutional necessities for such a measure.
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“Additionally, is Rivers State at conflict? Is there ‘precise breakdown of public order’? Is there a menace to the existence of the federation?” he requested, referencing the constitutional provisions that justify emergency declarations.
“Below Part 305(3) of the 1999 Structure, the President has the ability to declare a state of emergency solely when:
“(a) the Federation is at conflict;
“(b) the Federation is in imminent hazard of invasion or involvement in a state of conflict;
“(c) there’s precise breakdown of public order and public security within the Federation or any half thereof to such extent as to require extraordinary measures to revive peace and safety;
“(d) there’s a clear and current hazard of an precise breakdown of public order and public security within the Federation or any half thereof requiring extraordinary measures to avert such hazard;
” (e) there’s an prevalence or imminent hazard, or the prevalence of any catastrophe or pure calamity, affecting the neighborhood or a bit of the neighborhood within the Federation;
“(f) there’s every other public hazard which clearly constitutes a menace to the existence of the Federation; or
“(g) the President receives a request to take action in accordance with the provisions of subsection (4) of this part, ” the attachments learn.
