Nigeria’s senate writes to Supreme Court over Fubara

The Upper Chamber of the law-making arm of Nigeria has advised Nigeria’s Apex court to throw out the lawsuit filed by some governors of the People Democratic Party in respect to the suspension of Fubara, his assistant, and the state lawmakers.

A report by the media at the National Assembly Complex claim that the Senate argued that the governors’ lawsuit didn’t follow the right procedure and was unmeritorious. This assertion by the NASS was contained in a counter-statement presented on the 22nd of April.

Also, it contended that the Supreme Court was in no position to take up such a suit as it is outside its duty. Rather than address the case, the lawmakers instructed the apex court to charge the governors N1 billion for drawing up a suit the senate tagged speculative and unserious.

Meanwhile, the governor’s legal action is in relation to the State of Emergency declared in Rivers State by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Prior to the declaration, the President as constitutionally required consulted the lawmakers, who voted and consented to the action

However, 11 PDP governors considered the president’s action as undemocratic and an aberration of the Nigeria’s constitution. This caused them to draw up and file the lawsuit tagged SC/CV/329/2025 to challenge the suspension of Sim Fubara. The state governors from the 11 states who are signatory to the suit cut across the East, West, and North of the country.

Additionally, apart from encouraging the apex court to ignore the case, one of the lawyers at the law-making arm of the country, Onyegbu advised the apex court to bill the governors the sum of N1 billion for bringing up such a frivolous matter for the court and for challenging the president’s decision.

On the other hand, the president seems to be under pressure to reinstate the suspended governor before the 6 months earlier stated elapses. He is expected to reinstall Fubara on the 29th of May, which used to be celebrated as the country’s day of Independence.