Fresh Legal Twists Over Governor Fubara’s Resumption After Emergency Rule

<h4>Fresh Legal Twists Over Governor<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that fresh legal twists have emerged as Governor Siminialayi Fubara of Rivers State prepares to resume office at the expiration of emergency rule<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR FUBARA&colon; YOU ARE PROHIBITED BY BOTH ECOWAS TREATY&comma; NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION AND THE SoE LEGISLATION FROM ACCEPTING ANY HAND-OVER NOTES FROM THE SOLE ADMINISTRATOR&colon; SOLE ADMINISTRATOR SHOULD HANDOVER TO PBAT AS WE AWAIT SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA TO GRANT YOU AN EXTENSION OF TENURE AS WAS DONE IN THE CASE OF PETER OBI &lpar;2008&rpar;-RIVERS STATE TO BECOME AN OFF-CYCLE ELECTION STATE&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>By Dr&period; Tonye Clinton Jaja&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Your Excellency&comma; Governor Siminialayi Fubara&comma; Sir&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>You are a very fortunate person unknowingly President Bola Ahmed Tinubu &lpar;PBAT&rpar; and the National Assembly has unwittingly granted you an extension of your tenure by their imposition of a six month suspension upon your good self&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;29046" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-29046" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-29046" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;03&sol;Fubara&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Fresh Legal Twists Over Fubara’s Resumption After Emergency Rule" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-29046" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em>Nyesom Wike&comma; Governor Fubara and President Tinubu<&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>You are entitled to a six month extension because the said state of emergency that was imposed upon your good self did not satisfy the requirements of Section 305 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria&comma; 1999&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>This is because the pre-requisite essential requirement of two-thirds majority of the 469 legislators of the National Assembly was not satisfied on 20th March 2025&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The Supreme Court of Nigeria has held that voice-votes are not acceptable as replacement whenever the constitution specifically provides for two-thirds majority&period; See the argument of the former Attorney-General of the Federation of Nigeria &lpar;AGF&rpar; in the case of National Assembly vs&period; President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the AGF &lpar;SC&sol;214&sol;2015&rpar;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Also&comma; the precedent that was decided in the year 2008 which extended the tenure of former Governor of Anambra State&comma; Peter Obi is a binding precedent&period; See PETER OBI V INEC <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Legalpedia Citation&colon; &lpar;2008&rpar; Legalpedia &lpar;SC&rpar; 91267&period; In the Supreme Court of Nigeria<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Tue Jan 29&comma; 2008<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Suit Number&colon; SC&period; 123 &sol; 2007 CORAM available online at https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;amp&sol;s&sol;legalpediaonline&period;com&sol;peter-obi-v-inec&sol;amp&sol;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Therefore&comma; let us await the pronouncement of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in the case filed by the Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar; regarding your suspension&period; Also&comma; expected is the judgment of the judgment of the Economic Community of West African States <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">&lpar;ECOWAS&rpar;<&sol;a> Community Court of Justice regarding your suspension&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>By a combined operation of the State of Emergency in Rivers State Act&comma; 2025 &lpar;until it is repealed by either the Supreme Court of Nigeria or by it&&num;8217&semi;s own sunset clause&rpar;&comma; Section 12 of the Nigerian Constitution and the ECOWAS Treaty&comma; 1993 collectively do not name your good self&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Therefore&comma; you are prohibited from receiving HAND-OVER NOTES from the Sole Administrator of Rivers State&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Only the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is authorised by the SoE legislation to perform the said function&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Also&comma; pursuant to the ECOWAS Treaty&comma; 1993 and Section 12 of the Nigerian Constitution&comma; there is a 2001 ECOWAS Protocol that deems it illegal for any official who is not elected to administer any ECOWAS member state or its sub-national units&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>So my legal advisory is that you ought to take medical report to avoid like a plague the attendance of the planned HAND-OVER on 18th September 2025&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Also&comma; you are to avoid like a plague any interface with the purported <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Chairpersons<&sol;a> of the Local Government Areas &lpar;LGAs&rpar; of Rivers State who were purportedly elected on 30th August 2025&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Until there is a definite pronouncement by both the Supreme Court of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Nigeria<&sol;a> and the ECOWAS Court of Justice respectively&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>If you are in doubt about this position of the law&comma; please kindly consult Senior Advocates of Nigeria &lpar;SAN&rpar; who are experts in constitutional law and litigation at the level of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the ECOWAS Court of Justice respectively&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Prof&period; Amos O&period; Enabulele&comma; a professor of international and ECOWAS law&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>I thank you for your anticipated prompt and positive response&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Yours faithfully&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Dr&period; Tonye Clinton Jaja<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>13th September 2025&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;25135" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-25135" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-25135" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;Rivers-300x169&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Fresh Legal Twists Over Fubara’s Resumption After Emergency Rule" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-25135" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Rivers State<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;