The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in a suit filed by governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the 18 March declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu.
A seven-member panel led by John Inyang Okoro on Tuesday reserved judgement after parties adopted their processes.
Tuesday’s hearing comes more than one month after the six-month-long emergency rule lapsed on 17 September.
Many Nigerians criticised the Supreme Court and the entire Nigerian judiciary for failing to hear tens of suits filed to challenge the president’s action while the emergency rule was in place.
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