Rivers: Tinubu has no power to suspend elected Governor, state lawmakers — Atiku

ABUJA — Former Vice President and 2023 statesmanlike campaigner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has faulted President Bola Tinubu implicit the suspension and caller reinstatement of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and members of the State House of Assembly, describing the enactment arsenic unconstitutional and illegal.

Atiku, successful a connection posted Thursday connected his authoritative X platform, insisted that determination was thing to observe successful the lifting of the suspension, arsenic the enactment itself had nary ground successful law.

“Lifting the suspension of Governor Simi Fubara is thing to cheer about. The suspension of the Rivers State Governor and the State House of Assembly was unconstitutional erstwhile it was done six months agone and is inactive amerciable today,” Atiku wrote.

He further stressed that President Tinubu lacked the law authorization to suspend a democratically elected politician and authorities lawmakers, declaring the occurrence a unsafe motion of creeping dictatorship.

“President Tinubu had nary powerfulness to suspend a democratically elected politician and authorities lawmakers. The Rivers shenanigans lone signpost the dictatorship of the Tinubu administration,” the erstwhile Vice President added.

Atiku’s remarks travel hardly 24 hours aft President Tinubu lifted the authorities of exigency successful Rivers State and directed Governor Fubara, his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the House of Assembly to resume bureau connected Thursday, September 18.

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