President Bola Tinubu has filed a defence at the Supreme Court against the suit filed by the PDP governors on the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara
The PDP governors are asking the Supreme Court to decide the authority of the president to declare a state of emergency and suspend an elected governor
Recall that President Tinubu, earlier in April, announced the suspension of Governor Fubara and other elected officers over the unending political crisis in the stat
President Bola Tinubu told the Supreme Court to kick out the suit by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors demanding the reversal of his declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers and the suspension of all elected officials in the oil-rich state.
Meanwhile, Governor Siminalayi Fubara has been rumoured to be making the political move to dump the PDP and join the APC . It was reported that the embattled governor met with the president in London and that Tinubu had facilitated new negotiations between him and his estranged godfather, Nyesom Wike.