The Opposition Lawmakers Coalition has described as a top of judicial rascality the ruling of a Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja restraining the Federal Authorities from releasing the month-to-month allocations to Rivers State from the Federation Account.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik had on Wednesday ordered the Central Financial institution of Nigeria (CBN) from additional releasing the month-to-month allocation funds to the State.
However, reacting to the judgement on Wednesday, the Coalition declared the decision as a authorized coup towards the doubtless end result of pending appeals on the Court docket of Attraction and Supreme Court docket on the identical material.
At a press convention by its Nationwide Spokesperson, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the Coalition described the judgement as a transparent proof that the Federal Excessive Court docket has gone uncontrolled.
“How can a choose who is aware of very effectively that the decamped lawmakers have misplaced their seats, nonetheless go forward to order for the allocation to be seized in favour of those that have misplaced their seat whereas the problems are pending at totally different courts on whether or not they need to be parading as Lawmakers?
“You need to use the Federal Excessive Court docket to undermine democracy and constitutional governance. The difficulty of legality of their decampment remains to be in court docket and you might be speeding to order that price range be introduced to them as who?,” he queried.
The opposition lawmakers stated that the choice of Justice Abdulmalik Joyce and Chief Justice of the Federal Excessive Court docket John Tsoho to proceed with the case regardless of pending petition towards the clear proof of bias towards them confirmed that there was extra to the case than meets the strange eye.
“How can petition of bias and proof be introduced earlier than you and you continue to proceeded. How are you going to remember that each one the topic issues are earlier than the Attraction Court docket and Supreme Court docket and you continue to went forward to aim to do hurt and harm to harmless tax paying individuals of Rivers who did nothing? The Supreme Court docket has dominated on the sanctity of the LGA and State allocation as a sovereign wealth of the individuals that may’t be seized as such funds are constitutional and might solely be spent on the authority of that State or LGA.
“If the top of the state or LGA will not be spending it effectively or spending it with out obligatory compliance with laid down rules, the structure provides you energy to question such officer, when you have the numbers and legitimacy. So as a result of the pro-Wike group know they’ve misplaced the legitimacy to be known as lawmakers or carry out legislative capabilities, they now rushed to court docket to make use of the court docket to aim to hold out a monetary coup towards the Rivers individuals. So, after producing Oil income from the yard of Rivers Individuals, different states will take their very own share house and the people who produced the income will starve to dying ? The allocation will not be a political fund or cash meant for Gov. Fubara however official income of the complete people who covers their financial , well being, safety and welfare wants.
“Think about a employee being denied his wage or month-to-month incomes after working for 30 days, think about oxygen been switched off from hospitals as a result of one man needs to rain down anarchy and constitutional disaster simply to aim to seize the wealth of the individuals which doesn’t belong to him by utilizing Federal Excessive Court docket to overthrow the specific provisions of the Structure by trying to grab their constitutional income.
“We’ve got been knowledgeable that an enchantment has been lodged towards this anti-people judgement which is an invite to anarchy. The opposition calls on Rivers individuals, staff and residents to mobilise for a day of protest towards the continued agenda to make use of the Federal Excessive Court docket Abuja and chosen judges to create constitutional disaster in Rivers State . Warning that the darkish days of the 60s and 80s are been ready by these actions of political desperadoes and their buddies on the Federal Excessive Court docket, have now reached a boiling level that the Rivers and Nigerian individuals will stand up and reject vehemently.
“Rivers State is the treasure base of the nation and you may’t embark on a journey to starve the individuals and assume peace may be maintained in such an environment of anarchy.”
