Nigerians
are yet to see the end of the melodrama playing out in Rivers State as National
Industrial Court sitting in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State has ordered the reinstatement
of sacked All Progressive Congress (APC) Local Government Chairmen. The
elections of the Chairmen conducted in the twilight of former Governor, Rotimi
Amaechi’s tenure on May 23, 2015 were declared null and void by Justice Lambo
Akanbi of the Federal High Court on July 9.
In the judgment, Justice Akanbi ruled
that the poll conducted by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission under the watch of Augustine Ahiauzu was
illegal, a demonstration of executive lawlessness and impunity and total
disregard of a substantive court injunction obtained by People Democratic Party
(PDP) before elections were conducted. PDP that boycotted the elections and
termed exercise illegal.
But another counter ruling on
Monday, July 13 by the Justice Agbadu Fishim of the National Industrial Court,
Yenagoa, Bayelsa State he ordered the reinstatement of the sacked 22 council
chairmen by the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase whom he instructed
to implement the industrial court ruling.
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| Justice Lambo Akanbi |
Though, Justice Agbadu-Fishim instructed all involved in the matter to appear before the industrial
court on October 5 for hearing and determination of the motion, the stage seems
set for show down between the two feuding parties in the state, the APC and PDP as the same court ruling on
June 22, restraining the State Governor, Nyesom Wike, the state house of
assembly, the attorney-general of the state and their agents from dissolving,
suspending, sacking, terminating or interfering in any manner whatsoever with
the administrative functions of the 23 local government councils was ignored.
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| Governor Nyesonm Wike |
Justice Agbadu-Fishim in the June 22 order equally stopped the IGP,
his agents and proxies from enforcing any supposed action that is detrimental
to the performance of official duties of the 23 chairmen and their councils in
the state, all these orders were flouted.
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| Rotimi Amaechi, former Governor of Rivers State |
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