The Supreme Courtroom has affirmed the judgments of the Courtroom of Enchantment and the Federal Excessive Courtroom, each in Abuja, which had earlier declared the acts in opposition to the 27 members of the Rivers State Home of Meeting members as illegal and unlawful.
A sum of N10 million advantageous was imposed on Fubara to be paid to the meeting and the 27 members who instituted the swimsuit in opposition to him.
The federal excessive courtroom had held that the receipt and disbursement of month-to-month allocations since January final 12 months by Governor Siminalayi Fubara was a Constitutional summersault and aberration that should not be allowed to proceed.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik who delivered the Federal Excessive Courtroom judgment, had final 12 months issued an order that the presentation of the 2024 price range by Fubara earlier than a four-member Rivers Home of Meeting was an affront to the Constitutional provision.
Particularly, the Decide had stated that Fubara’s motion in implementing illegal price range smacked gross violations of the 1999 Structure he swore to guard.
The decide had subsequently restrained the Central Financial institution of Nigeria (CBN), Accountant Normal of the Federation (AGF), Zenith Financial institution and Entry Financial institution from additional permitting Fubara to entry cash from the Consolidated Income and Federation Account.
Affirming the judgment, the Supreme Courtroom ordered the CBN and the AGF to cease additional launch of monetary allocations to the Rivers State state Authorities with instant impact.The apex courtroom directed that the order shall be in pressure till Fubara stops all his unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional actions.
Particularly, the Courtroom stated that no cash shall be launched to the state authorities till a lawful Appropriation Regulation is enacted beneath the Martin Amaewhule Speakership.
In a judgment on Friday delivered by Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim, the Supreme Courtroom additionally ordered the 27- members of Rivers Home of Meeting to renew perform instantly.
The unanimous judgment of the five-man panel of Justices led by Justice Musa Uwani Aba-Aji dismantled all actions carried out by Fubara for being illegal.
The apex courtroom lambasted the governor for participating in legal exercise of demolishing the Home of Meeting with impunity simply to stop 27 legislators in the home from sitting to hold out lawful actions.
Justice Agim ordered the the Clerk and Deputy Clerk who had been unlawfully redeployed out of the Home have to be allowed to renew work alongside the employees on the Home.
The courtroom held that it was aberration for Fubara to function with solely 4 out of the 32 meeting members beneath the guise of baseless fears that he can be impeached.
In accordance with the Justices, Fubara by his illegal act amongst others, collapsed the meeting and used his immunity beneath part 308 of the 1999 Structure to hold out barbaric acts in opposition to the rule of regulation.
