NewStats: 3,259,224 , 8,169,511 topics. Date: Saturday, 24 May 2025 at 11:07 AM 6g395u

Armaggedon:
Ofcourse the judgement of the court of appeal yesterday was about the budget. The status of the defected lawmakers was not a subject of determination. Nullification of the budget was based on the fact that Fubara withdrew his case earlier at the federal high court as a result of the peace agreement and cannot appeal it. But the judgement itself is an academic exercise since the 2024 financial year would have ended by the time supreme court concludes it.

Their status was decided sir. The appeal court clearly stated that the governor should represent the budget to the Amaewhule led faction

Twisted now because your fav is flagrantly disobeying the laws of the land? Sim is using his immunity as govt to disobey the constitution and one unfortunate political slave is turning the tides on the judiciary!
This obidients are senseless...🙄

Dreal1247:
Until the Judiciary sets this country on fire, they shall never have peace. The manner in which justice is being arm twisted in this country is surprising to even the devil himself. They should also know that everything has a breaking point. Though whenever the oppressors of the people are having problems amongst themselves, it favours the masses.

Ofunaofu:
By the time the Supreme Court rules on the matter, 2024 must have gone. By then it will become an academic exercise. 
 
And as for the former lawmakers, having defected from the PDP to the APC, they automatically lost their seats, and those seats remain vacant until INEC conducts a by-election; unfortunately for them, the party they claimed to have defected to said that they are not their . Too bad for them because they allowed Wike to deceive them.

Their political career ended abruptly.
 

Before then, they will impeach the governor

Bobloco:
…clarifies Appeal Court ruling



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/10/amaewhule-defected-lawmakers-seats-remain-vacant-rivers-govt/#google_vignette

We know they are gone and gone forever.

Dreal1247:
Until the Judiciary sets this country on fire, they shall never have peace. The manner in which justice is being arm twisted in this country is surprising to even the devil himself. They should also know that everything has a breaking point. Though whenever the oppressors of the people are having problems amongst themselves, it favours the masses.

You are talking like an unlearned person.

Get the CTC of the judgement and read it and you will discover that Fubara lawyer and attorney general of the state are very stupid.

VIKTO83:
Sim u dey invite anarchy for Rivers state ooo.
But I'm sure it will consume u.

Who is this?
Will you shut up that your mouth

You guys should borrow sense and stop spreading this falsehood. Because a judgement did not go in your favour it makes the judiciary corrupt. When it goes in your favour the judiciary is not corrupt. Go and read the constitution where in the constitution did it ever mention that 3 people can make laws for a state?

To the issue of defection. If you are a student of Unilag, and you come up on social media to say I am no longer a student of Unilag and that I am now in Babcock University, does the simple fact that you said so on social media automatically make you a student of Babcock University? Of course not because to become a student of Babcock University you must gain an ission and you will be given a Matric number. So if anybody goes to court to claim that you are no longer a student of Unilag while you are still a bonafide student of Unilag with your name in their , on the ground that they watched you on social media claiming you are now a student of Babcock University will it stand? Is there any stupid judge in the world that will rule in your favour simply because you said so.

Lastly, the constitution gives room for defection if there is a division in the party, that is why Bukola Saraki as the then Senate President defected with his people including Dino Melayi from APC to PDP without losing their seat. So even if the 27 actually defected, and had gone ahead to in the APC who in Nigeria today who does not know that there is a division in PDP? There is a Wike Camp and Atiku Camp. There is the Chairman and Secretary Camp, and there is those ing the legal adviser camp. So even if they defected to APC, they still will not lose their seats because there is a division in the party.

Lastly the only party that has the locus to contest for the vacation of their seat is PDP because they won the election on their platform. So if PDP did not contest that everybody else filing it is wasting their time because they don't have the locus standi to file for such.

You guys should go to school and get educated it is very important, so you don't come here and be making emotional comments based on your sentiment of the enemy of my friend is my friend.

edungene7:
Judiciary is now the most corrupt institution in Nigeria it seems they are all now selling judgement like subscription pay as you go Nigeria is currently in coma

Ofunaofu:
By the time the Supreme Court rules on the matter, 2024 must have gone. By then it will become an academic exercise. 
 
And as for the former lawmakers, having defected from the PDP to the APC, they automatically lost their seats, and those seats remain vacant until INEC conducts a by-election; unfortunately for them, the party they claimed to have defected to said that they are not their . Too bad for them because they allowed Wike to deceive them.

Their political career ended abruptly.
 

Correct!

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Only a slowpoke will be lawful in an unlawful environment. Politicians know that Nigerian judiciary is a "pay to play" arm of the government.

The judiciary should have a rethink considering that the FG and State governments continue to ignore their rulings.

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Toor

Okpebholo1:


Before then, they will impeach the governor

How will they do it? 
 
They are no longer of the Rivers State House of Assembly, the reason being that they defected from the PDP and as such automatically lost their seats.
 
You don't put something on nothing and expect it to stand. It won't work.

gidigbam1:
You guys should borrow sense and stop spreading this falsehood. Because a judgement did not go in your favour it makes the judiciary corrupt. When it goes in your favour the judiciary is not corrupt. Go and read the constitution where in the constitution did it ever mention that 3 people can make laws for a state?

To the issue of defection. If you are a student of Unilag, and you come up on social media to say I am no longer a student of Unilag and that I am now in Babcock University, does the simple fact that you said so on social media automatically make you a student of Babcock University? Of course not because to become a student of Babcock University you must gain an ission and you will be given a Matric number. So if anybody goes to court to claim that you are no longer a student of Unilag while you are still a bonafide student of Unilag with your name in their , on the ground that they watched you on social media claiming you are now a student of Babcock University will it stand? Is there any stupid judge in the world that will rule in your favour simply because you said so.

Lastly, the constitution gives room for defection if there is a division in the party, that is why Bukola Saraki as the then Senate President defected with his people including Dino Melayi from APC to PDP without losing their seat. So even if the 27 actually defected, and had gone ahead to in the APC who in Nigeria today who does not know that there is a division in PDP? There is a Wike Camp and Atiku Camp. There is the Chairman and Secretary Camp, and there is those ing the legal adviser camp. So even if they defected to APC, they still will not lose their seats because there is a division in the party.

Lastly the only party that has the locus to contest for the vacation of their seat is PDP because they won the election on their platform. So if PDP did not contest that everybody else filing it is wasting their time because they don't have the locus standi to file for such.

You guys should go to school and get educated it is very important, so you don't come here and be making emotional comments based on your sentiment of the enemy of my friend is my friend.

Thank you for this. The others are just ranting without substance. When the supreme Court gives her judgement, then they will know its not by crying online.

Ok

Armaggedon:
Ofcourse the judgement of the court of appeal yesterday was about the budget. The status of the defected lawmakers was not a subject of determination. Nullification of the budget was based on the fact that Fubara withdrew his case earlier at the federal high court as a result of the peace agreement and cannot appeal it. But the judgement itself is an academic exercise since the 2024 financial year would have ended by the time supreme court concludes it.

So many idiots making comments here, it’s so unbelievable! So the financial year has ended in October?

Even if it ended in October, you do not know that a governor/president must get retroactive approval for expenditures done from the public purse?

And by the way, so the court will not recognise Amaewhule but still rule that the Budget should be re-presented to the Assembly led by him? Some of you are incurable stupid! How can anyone reason so badly without logic or sense?

Wao! It is clear that Fubara has gotten himself an Attorney-General who will send him to jail, in the same way his paid idiots are making such senseless comments on this thread that you start wondering if they have any brains upstairs at all.

At this rate, Fubara will be impeached and he will do long jail-term.

What many of you idiots fail to realise is that Fubara was declared wanted long before he became Rivers Governor and it was Wike that shielded him inside Government House.

I feel so sorry for Fubara due to the stupid advisors & hangers-on he has surrounded himself with. How come not a single one of them has a brain?

Before now, legislators cross carpet from the party that gave them a platform to win, for other parties with reckless abandon, without a recourse to the electorate. They do these without any suit against them. This Rivers case may help to strengthen actions against this actions. Their seats would remain vacant if their constituencies want it so

Ofunaofu:


How will they do it? 
 
They are no longer of the Rivers State House of Assembly, the reason being that they defected from the PDP and as such automatically lost their seats.
 
You don't put something on nothing and expect it to stand. It won't work.
 

Who declared their seats vacant? You or the governor. By now, you should know how politics and law works, leave emotions. Only a federal court can declare their seats vacant
The appeal court clearly said the governor should represent the budget to martins Amaewhule which means in the eyes of the law, he remains speaker

ivandrag0n:



So many idiots making comments here, it’s so unbelievable! So the financial year has ended in October?

Even if it ended in October, you do not know that a governor/president must get retroactive approval for expenditures done from the public purse?

And by the way, so the court will not recognise Amaewhule but still rule that the Budget should be re-presented to the Assembly led by him? Some of you are incurable stupid! How can anyone reason so badly without logic or sense?

Wao! It is clear that Fubara has gotten himself an Attorney-General who will send him to jail, in the same way his paid idiots are making such senseless comments on this thread that you start wondering if they have any brains upstairs at all.

At this rate, Fubara will be impeached and he will do long jail-term.

What many of you idiots fail to realise is that Fubara was declared wanted long before he became Rivers Governor and it was Wike that shielded him inside Government House.

I feel so sorry for Fubara due to the stupid advisors & hangers-on he has surrounded himself with. How come not a single one of them has a brain?

many people you see on the internet quoting people have questionable state of mind. This is obviously why my self-explanatory comment has become a tall order for you to grasp.

If supreme Court ruled that Fubara should represent the Budget, , the governor will comply by presenting the budget to an existing lawmakers lead by Oko Jumbo because Martin and his Umuna (kindred) meeting colleagues don't exist

Okpebholo1:


Who declared their seats vacant? You or the governor. By now, you should know how politics and law works, leave emotions. Only a federal court can declare their seats vacant
The appeal court clearly said the governor should represent the budget to martins Amaewhule which means in the eyes of the law, he remains speaker

The Nigerian constitution

Section 109(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution, mandates that lawmakers who switch political parties loses their seats.

Ofunaofu:


The Nigerian constitution

Section 109(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution, mandates that lawmakers who switch political parties loses their seats.

True but only the court can give effect to that not you or I. When saraki and others defected, where they removed? The only defected lawmakers that was sacked was in 2019 by the supreme court.

Armaggedon:
many people you see on the internet quoting people have questionable state of mind. This is obviously why my self-explanatory comment has become a tall order for you to grasp.

Of course, buffoons like you always look at other people as idiots!

When someone says the appropriation year has ended and therefore the governor does not have to give of expenditures without lawful appropriation, you know straightaway that such a person completely lacks any brains upstairs!

I am not here to try to understand lunatics who then look at everyone else as if they are the ones that are mad!

adioolayi:


In all of this communiqué, the most important legal thing Governor Fubara has done is to

1. Apply for stay of execution of Appeal Court Judgement

2. Appeal the judgement at the Supreme court.

That's is law..that is legal.

Every other thing written in the communiqué na mere political statements.

The question will be, what happens if the stay of execution is not granted

What happens, if he finally lose at the Supreme Court

Which is better...representing the budget as directed by the Court of Appeal, while challenging the decision at the Supreme Court.,.if he wins..fine ..if he lose...fine...he will not have huge problems with the House of Assembly should he lose.

..but, if he doesn't represent the budget and he lose at the Supreme Court....will that not be a solid legal ground for impeachment


Hmmm...many battles for the Governor ahead.

that's what he and those massaging his ego do not know.. he will be so consumed

Cj4charles:
The Judiciary are the ones that will finally plunge this country to a depth of no return... constitution will state otherwise, the Judges will state otherwise. What is the essence of constitution if it cannot be abide with

what do you know, what is not clear about the court judgement? When politicians and their ers select the court orders they will obey or disobey is that the fault of the judiciary? Do you even need to go to law school to know that 5 out of 32 is absolute minority, therefore they can't form a quorum in any gathering. You people should keep encouraging madness in the name of .

Okpebholo1:


True but only the court can give effect to that not you or I. When saraki and others defected, where they removed? The only defected lawmakers that was sacked was in 2019 by the supreme court.

The constitution is very clear. You don't need the court to give effect to that. Going to the courts is just an avenue to buy some more time but the truth remains that they are no longer of Rivers state house of assembly. Any action taken by the former lawmakers remains null and void and of no effect

Ofunaofu:


The constitution is very clear. You don't need the court to give effect to that. Going to the courts is just an avenue to buy some more time but the truth remains that they are no longer of Rivers state house of assembly. Any action taken by the former lawmakers remains null and void and of no effect

The court which interprets the constitution has already recognized the Amaewhule faction. It is people like you that misled obi in court...can you even prove that they defected?

ivandrag0n:



Of course, buffoons like you always look at other people as idiots!

When someone says the appropriation year has ended and therefore the governor does not have to give of expenditures without lawful appropriation, you know straightaway that such a person completely lacks any brains upstairs!

I am not here to try to understand lunatics who then look at everyone else as if they are the ones that are mad!

ropes have not finished in the market. You can always end anything that is of no benefit to you, including your life, instead of transferring your frustrations on people like me helping your life by giving you the much needed attention.

Okpebholo1:


The court which interprets the constitution has already recognized the Amaewhule faction. It is people like you that misled obi in court...can you even prove that they defected?

The Appeal court judgement Recognize the Amaewhule faction as what?

Please be consistent

Ofunaofu:


The Appeal court judgement Recognize the Amaewhule faction as what?

Please be consistent

The appeal court clearly said the governor should represent the budget to the Amaewhule led assembly....
The high court earlier this year said there is no evidence of defection.Do you have a letter of defection to the pdp or to the speaker?

gidigbam1:
You guys should borrow sense and stop spreading this falsehood. Because a judgement did not go in your favour it makes the judiciary corrupt. When it goes in your favour the judiciary is not corrupt. Go and read the constitution where in the constitution did it ever mention that 3 people can make laws for a state?

To the issue of defection. If you are a student of Unilag, and you come up on social media to say I am no longer a student of Unilag and that I am now in Babcock University, does the simple fact that you said so on social media automatically make you a student of Babcock University? Of course not because to become a student of Babcock University you must gain an ission and you will be given a Matric number. So if anybody goes to court to claim that you are no longer a student of Unilag while you are still a bonafide student of Unilag with your name in their , on the ground that they watched you on social media claiming you are now a student of Babcock University will it stand? Is there any stupid judge in the world that will rule in your favour simply because you said so.

Lastly, the constitution gives room for defection if there is a division in the party, that is why Bukola Saraki as the then Senate President defected with his people including Dino Melayi from APC to PDP without losing their seat. So even if the 27 actually defected, and had gone ahead to in the APC who in Nigeria today who does not know that there is a division in PDP? There is a Wike Camp and Atiku Camp. There is the Chairman and Secretary Camp, and there is those ing the legal adviser camp. So even if they defected to APC, they still will not lose their seats because there is a division in the party.

Lastly the only party that has the locus to contest for the vacation of their seat is PDP because they won the election on their platform. So if PDP did not contest that everybody else filing it is wasting their time because they don't have the locus standi to file for such.

You guys should go to school and get educated it is very important, so you don't come here and be making emotional comments based on your sentiment of the enemy of my friend is my friend.

Oga, you have spoken well but in most cases, common sense is not applicable in Law. Please, can you share link and highlight a place where a judge has ever ruled that the seat of the 27 law makers are not vacant or they have not defected, bearing in mind that injunction, experte order and stay of executions are not court rulings ? When you share that, we can continue with this debate

Good

ivandrag0n:



So many idiots making comments here, it’s so unbelievable! So the financial year has ended in October?

Even if it ended in October, you do not know that a governor/president must get retroactive approval for expenditures done from the public purse?

And by the way, so the court will not recognise Amaewhule but still rule that the Budget should be re-presented to the Assembly led by him? Some of you are incurable stupid! How can anyone reason so badly without logic or sense?

Wao! It is clear that Fubara has gotten himself an Attorney-General who will send him to jail, in the same way his paid idiots are making such senseless comments on this thread that you start wondering if they have any brains upstairs at all.

At this rate, Fubara will be impeached and he will do long jail-term.

What many of you idiots fail to realise is that Fubara was declared wanted long before he became Rivers Governor and it was Wike that shielded him inside Government House.

I feel so sorry for Fubara due to the stupid advisors & hangers-on he has surrounded himself with. How come not a single one of them has a brain?

See what you wrote and na you dey call people stupid.

Question 1:

Did Amaewhule and his colleagues officially switch their political party affiliation to the APC during a legislative session?
Question 2:

Has there been a written declaration from Amaewhule and his associates stating they have ed the APC ?

Question 3:

Considering these actions, is Amaewhule still a recognized member of the current legislative body?