Former spokesman to ex-Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, has said embattled Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara should have instituted a legal action to challenge the state of emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu.
Akande said Fubara should not have waited for the seven
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors to institute a suit before the Supreme
Court of Nigeria, challenging his six-month suspension.
Speaking on Channels Television, the former vice president’s
aide stressed that Fubara lacked courage, adding that it is illegal for an
elected president to suspend an elected governor of a state.
According to Akande: “It’s a good move what the governors of the PDP have done. They probably would be able to save the day. But I’m surprised that Governor Fubara himself is sitting down. If somebody did this to Bola Ahmed Tinubu when he was governor of Lagos, do you know what he would be doing?
“He (Fubara) should be the first to go to court; he is still
the governor, he still has a status; he’s not been removed. He couldn’t be
removed that way. There is a questionable suspension.
“The first thing Governor Fubara ought to do if he knew what
he was doing was to go to court. And to tell his people that what has happened
in Rivers State is against the law but he couldn’t find the courage.
“How can I be a governor and the president who was also
elected is asking me to go away?
“Of course, I will go away so that there is no trouble but I
will go to the courts. And I will tell my people, you elected me, the president
has asked me to go to court. It is wrong and I will fight it. That is how we
can build democracy. It is not about people in Agbada (flowing gown).”
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