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Summary: The court dismissed the suit but also validated the Rivers State emergency rule.
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking to declare President Bola Tinubu’s suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State illegal.
Judge James Omotosho held that the court lacked jurisdiction to determine the validity of the presidential proclamation of a state of emergency. He said only the Supreme Court has exclusive and original jurisdiction over such matters.
“No other courts, except the Supreme Court, can hear a matter relating to a proclamation of emergency,” sa
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