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Speaker 1: Appeal Court of Justice in Nigeria has a found the

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decision of lower court and declared the eight hundred billion

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nairas twenty twenty four financial year budgets of Rivers State

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illegal and unconstitutional. The applet Court ruled in Abuja on

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Thursday that the Rivers State Governor Forbara simin Ari used

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his executive immunity to carry out lawlessness by those presenting

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the twenty twenty four financial year appropriation built to five lawmakers.

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They appeal Court ruled that the appeal filed by the

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governor before it lacked merit because the governor withdrew his

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counter affidavit during the high court trial of the case.

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The Court of Appeal affiled the judgment of the Federal

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High Court, which had earlier set aside the Rivers State

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eight hundred billion nairas budget passed by five members of

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the House of Assembly led by the edison Ahar faction.

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The Appellet Court dismissed the appeal filed by the Governor

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of Rivers State, Seminari Fubarah, on grounds that it lacked

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in merit, amongst other reasons. The three one panel held

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that Governor for Baraon withdrew his counter affidelity at the

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lower court in the matter and as such cannot commence

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an appeal in a matter he didn’t challenge at the

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trial stage. The court held that the presentation of the

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bill to the five lawmakers by Governor for Bara was

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against the Constitution. The court further held that Governor for

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Bara used his immunity to carry out executive lawlessness as

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he is expected to apply the role of law and

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not the role of might. It will be recalled that

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in January twenty twenty four, Justice jermes Or motor Show

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of the Federal High Court in Abuja had ruled that

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the presentation and approval of Rivers State’s budgets were illegal.

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The judge ordered Governor for Barra to represent the eight

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hundred billion nier’s budget titled the Budget of Renewed Hope,

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Consolidation and Continuity to a legally constituted House of Assembly

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led by Martin and my Rein, the functional speaker at

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the time. For Bara had presented the budget to five

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lawmakers from the Edison Area led faction out of over

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thirty Assembly members. This presentation came after twenty seven legislators

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from the People’s Democratic Party PDP de facted to the

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All Progressives Congress APC, leading to their seats being declared

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records the federal high courts. Rolin also barked Governor for

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bara from interferen in the activities of the legislative arm

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of the States, and qualified the redeployment of the Clerk

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and Deputy Clerk of the Rivers State Assembly. The Governor

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was further directed to release all funds owed to the

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Assembly to ensure its smooth operation. SASA Lady Greeny younees

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in a more digital way.