Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president, has urged the judiciary to refrain from burning Rivers State by issuing contradictory verdicts on the state.
Following a ruling on Wednesday by a Federal High Court in Abuja that directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop all payments to the state, the PDP’s presidential candidate in the general elections of 2023 issued the warning.
The former vice president voiced concerns that some federal government loyalists were behind the scenes pulling the strings in a statement released late Wednesday by his media adviser, Paul Ibe.
Additionally, Atiku questioned why Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, the judge, granted the ruling given that Rivers State had has already contested the Court of Appeal’s decision over the validity of Rivers State’s budget for 2024.
The former PDP leader said in a statement headed “Don’t Set Rivers on Fire, @atiku Urges Judiciary”:
Because the Rivers State budget was approved by an inchoate assembly, the Court of Appeal ruled last week that it was unlawful. Governor Siminalayi Fubara was directed by the court to submit a new budget proposal.
In order for the Supreme Court to consider the case, the Rivers State Government has already submitted a notice of appeal. Nonetheless, a ruling meant to weaken the Supreme Court was obtained by certain members of the Bola Tinubu administration.
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Before the verdict was handed out, renowned lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) had warned Justice John Tsoho, the Chief Justice of the Federal High Court, of a potential compromise following the presentation of house gifts to Abuja judges. Unfortunately, Falana’s caution went unheeded.
“Since the Tinubu administration came to power, Nigeria has plunged into the realm of the ridiculous.
“Courts are increasingly contributing to political crises within governments and even within political parties in an ignoble manner. From the Kano State emirship dispute to the Rivers scandal, where judges are even halting elections, Nigeria is being transported back to the gloomy June 12, 1993, when voting was canceled.
Regretfully, Nigeria is devolving into anarchy under the direction of people who say they have battled for its democracy, with contradictory directives from Coordinating jurisdiction courts are dispersed around the country, and judges are being persuaded to serve in the name of empowerment and housing provision.
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Nigerians are consequently steadily losing faith in an organization that takes pride in being the last resort for the average person. Any location where verdicts may be purchased by the highest bidder will be avoided by foreign investors.
Nigeria should avoid becoming like Hobes, where people choose self-help and life is short, cruel, and brutish. Rivers State is responsible for over 25% of Nigeria’s oil reserves.
“In a nation where banditry and vandalism have made the economic situation worse, Tinubu should put Nigeria’s interests ahead of his 2027 goals.
“We urge Nigeria’s judiciary to reinstate its reputation before it’s too late,” he continued. its reputation before it’s too late,” he continued.
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