President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was dragged to the community courts of the West African economic community for the declaration of a state of emergency and the suspension of democratic election authorities in Hali State.
This is included in the lawsuit dated March 20, 2025 and is marked ECW/CCJ/App/18/25.
Applicant Harry Ibiso and 11 other eastern regions representing the Ijaw Youth Council are seeking orders from the court to shelve and/or cancel the moratorium on elected officials and to evacuate the democratic structure and institutions of the river state, which is to take over the rule of the full Democratic Party.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit also want a court to list all decisions, actions, policies and directives for the appointment of the sole chief executive, retired vice president Ibokette Ibas.
In the application for supplementary procedures under Articles 3 and IV, the Court Agreement of Ecowas Court, Article II, Article 33 of the Rules of Court Rules, the applicants on average believe that the defendant President (President Bola Ahmed Tinubu), elected to a political position, lacks government power to be removed or removed, the position was also appointed as governor, government official of the state, government of the state, position of the state, position of the state, position of the state, position of the state, then the state, position of the state, then the state.
They believe that the fundamental rights of the applicant and the people of the River State were violated by unloading Governor Siminalayi Fubara; his agent Ngozi Odu; the River State Assembly member, applicant and the River State people.
“By doing so, the defendants deprived the applicant of democratic rights and the population of the River State, individually and collectively.
“So, this means that applicants and people of river states have lost the existence and dignity of humanity, which is politically deprived by the loss of values involving democratic governance and the leaders they formally elected in the democratic space.
The applicant believes that: “A state of emergency cannot be a cover or fiction for usurping the administrative functions of the governor to perform functions or exercise the legislative power of the legislative body.”
On Tuesday, March 18, President Tinob declared a state of emergency in Rivers.
On Thursday, despite the uproar of opposition leaders, the National Assembly approved the Tinob State declaration in River State. Since then, the sole administrator of the Deputy Admiral of the Rivers has since been restored to the office.
