Former vice -president of the rivers prays the court to fire a single administrator

Marshall Stanley-Uwom, former vice-president, Rivers House of Assembly, prayed to the High Federal Court in Abuja, to order the removal of the only state administrator, the retired deputy admiral IBOK-ETE IBAS.

Stanley-Uwom, in a case presented by his lawyer, Sylvester Evbomwan, also asked the court to prevent the federal government from issuing allocations for the areas of the local government (LGA) in the State through IBA.

He urged the Court to declare that by virtue of section 7 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as modified) and the Supreme Court sentence, Ibas cannot legally appoint unrealized officials as custodians to manage the affairs of the LGA in the state.

The actor, in the call of origin marked: FHC/Abj/CS/797/2025 dated and filed on April 24, appointed president; the National Assembly; the Senate; President of the Senate; House of representatives; and speaker of the Chamber of Representatives as 1st to the 6th accused.

In addition, listed in the cause are Ibas, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), general accounting of the Federation and allocation of the Federation account (FAAC) respectively from 7th to the tenth defendant.

Stanley-Uwom sought “an order that convinced the seventh defendant (Ibas) to immediately leave the office of the only administrator of the state of sparrows and allow the democratically elected governor of the state of sparrows to resume his office”, among others.

The complaint, which he told the Court that he was a prince of the Royal family of Agba di Abua, and the Adibaalabuan 1 in Abua, in the LGA-LGA of Abua-Odil of Rivers, posed four legal issues for the Court.

In a security declaration to 16 paragraphs to which he personally made himself in support of legal action, the actor told the Court that he had held different positions in the state of sparrows since 2004, including the vice -president service, Rivers State House of Assembly from 2015 to 2019.

“That I am an important stakeholder in the state of sparrows, as a politician, a traditional real prince and among others, an elderly statesman in the state of spinners.

“That during the general elections of 2023 Siminalayi Fubara was elected governor of the state of spinners.”

He hurt that, while based on the 305 section of the 1999 Constitution, the 1st accused declared a state of emergency in the state of sparrows and also suspended Fubara as a governor.

“In line with section 305 (6) (b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the 1st defendant requested the resolution of the 2nd defendant supported by the majority of two thirds of all members.

Stanley-Uwom said that the Senate and the President of the Senate, in a plenary session of March 20, approved the request to proclaim a state of emergency in the rivers.

He hurt that the President of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives only proclaimed that they had obtained the resolution of the Senate and the Chamber during their plenary sessions through vocal votes.

“That after taking the affairs of the government of the State of the rivers, the seventh defendant fired all the officers responsible for the business of the local government of the state of spinners and has appointed a new series of custodian committee of the local government to manage the affairs of the LGA in the state of spinners.

“That the seventh defendant also removed the president and members of the independent electoral commission of the state of the spinners (RSIEC) from the position, he appointed and confirmed by the Shareholders’ Meeting Chamber of the State of the Rivers and appoints a new president and members for the Independent Electoral Commission of the State Rivers (RSIEC).

“That the eighth, 9th and tenth accused issued assignments for the LGA of the State of the rivers to the custodian committees appointed by the 7th defendant and also issued all the allocations accrued to the state of sparrows to the 7th accused.

“That the seventh defendant is using the fund of the state of spinners without parliament’s allocation.

“That it will be in the interest of justice to grant all rescue in the convening of origin”, has recorded an average.

The question has yet to be assigned to a judge. (Nan)