Supreme Court Ruling Does Not Determine.... Falana Explains Rivers Court Ruling
Reported by Ilesanmi Ifeoluwa D
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana clarified that the Supreme Court's decision regarding Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara's appeal against the House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule does not determine the legitimate Speaker of the House.
Falana made this statement on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, February 10, 2025, after the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by the governor.
"When an appeal is dismissed not on merit but based on withdrawal by the appellant, the question of celebration doesn’t arise. The governor of Rivers State directed his lawyers to withdraw the appeal, stating that it has become an academic exercise.
"In other words, the issues are no longer alive, and therefore, why do you want to waste the time of the court? It wasn’t contrary to what a colleague was saying; the court did not determine who is a speaker or who is not a speaker; no, it didn’t come up,” Falana said.
According to Falana, the 2024 budget proposal, which was the issue that led to the appeal, has already been passed into law, and there was no need to continue litigation.
It should be noted that a five-member panel of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, dismissed the appeal against the Amaewhule-led group, citing the withdrawal of the suit by Fubara's counsel, Yusuf Ali.
The crisis in the Rivers State Assembly began in 2023 when over 25 lawmakers, loyal to former governor Nyesom Wike, left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to Vanguard, Amaewhule’s leadership of the House was then contested by lawmakers in a rival group led by Victor Oko-Jumbo, a three-member faction believed to be loyal to Fubara.
Since then, Fubara has transacted the state’s business with the Oko-Jumbo group, ignoring the Amaewhule faction.
Falana clarified that three members of the state House of Assembly can perform legislative functions, except when it comes to impeaching the governor.
He asserted that the 27 PDP lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected to the APC had their seats declared vacant.
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