The court rejects the case in search of reimbursement of the money of the rivers spent …

Thursday the Federal Court of Abuja rejected a cause in search of a refund of all the money of the FI

Judge James Omotosho, in a sentence, said that the High Federal Court (FHC) has no jurisdiction to determine the topic, being derived from the presidential announcement of the state of emergency.

The judge confirmed the objection raised by the lawyers to the defendants, including Kehinde Ogunwumiju, San, who represented Iba in case.

The judge Omotosho said that it is only the Supreme Court that had the exclusive and original jurisdiction to determine the validity of the declaration of an emergency rule by the President.

“I must not fail to say here that the applicant’s legal consultant should do adequate research on his case before arising.

“He must do diligent research on which court he has jurisdiction and the necessary parts in the case before presenting his action.

“The consultant has a duty to be professional in doing this research rather than spending time spreading disinformation or painting the wrong image on social media and other transmission media.

“This court is saddened by many cases, including commercial, civil and criminal issues that make its time very precious.

“The deposit clothes that are empty Abnitio are unimusted by the course of justice and the Court can put this cause to the motival to save time.

“I therefore believe that an empty process cannot activate the jurisdiction of this Court.

“In the final analysis, the subject of this case is outside the jurisdiction of this court and this Court will decrease the jurisdiction on the same,” he said

The judge also refused to transfer the case to Port Harcourt Judicial Division as part of the rescue requested by the actor.

He believed that the demand for transferring the suit to the rivers was invariable.

He said that a look at the provision of the law revealed that the Court can only transfer a matter to another judicial division, is a high court of a state or high court of the territory of the federal capital, Abuja.

“This Court has declared that only the Supreme Court can listen and determine the issues relating to the proclamation of the state of emergency, it would be totally useless to transfer the matter to another judicial division that does not equally have the jurisdiction on the matter.

“Since this Court does not have the power to transfer the matter to the Supreme Court, the correct course of the action is to refrain from doing any other transfer and affecting all the trials for lack of jurisdiction.

“Consequently, the problem is solved against the applicant,” he said.

The judge equally resolved the three question which contested the discretionary power of the chief judge of the FHC that he had transferred the question to Abuja for the judgment.

“Consequently, this Court decreases jurisdiction on this case and the process of deposited origin is declared null as it should not have been filed before this Court,” he established.

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The news agency of Nigeria (Nan) reports that the Incorporata Rivsbridge initiative for the Peace of Rivsbridge had, in the cause, in the cause: FHC/Ph/CS/43/2025, caused President Bola Tinubu as a 1st defendant.

The group also appointed the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Prosecutor General of the Federation, the general accounting of the Federation (AG-F), the central bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the IBA as 2nd to the 6th accused.

The group had interrogated the Ibas appointment.

He also searched for a compulsory injunction order, directing the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th accused to immediately return to repay and repay any money in the consolidated revenue fund belonging to the state of rivers released, appropriate EO spent after March 18 when the president declared the state of emergency, among others.

He argued that the action was without compliance with the express provision of the section 120.121.287 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as modified) and of the subsisting orders of the Supreme Court in the Chamber of the Shareholders’ Meeting of the State Rivers vs Govt of the State of Rivers (2025).

The judge Omotosho, in another sentence on the second case, marked: FHC/Ph/CS/46/2025, which has challenged the power of Ibas to also appoint the unique administrators for the 23 areas of the local government of the State, was fired.

Nan reports that the cause, presented by the complaints, had Iba as the only defendant.

By obtaining the sentence, the judge supported the preliminary objection of the lawyer to Ibas, Ogunwumiju, who was missing from the Locus, the Locus is stopped (legal law) to present the case.

He said that the complaints were neither one of the presidents of the LGA suspended nor could they have intended the cause against the federal government or the IBA on a dispute that presumably affects the general public in the rivers.

“Candidates are simple individuals who are resident in the state of rivers.

“Unless and until the consent of the administrator alone is obtained and archived with the process of origin, this cause is totally null and has no legs to be on.

“The lack of locus lies a statement by the candidates will lead to a dismissal of this action and the referral to a higher court for determining the case does not arise as this Court does not have such power,” he said.

He reiterated that the court was missing the jurisdiction to entertain the case.

“In the final analysis, the cause of applicants is destined to fail as this Court cannot assume jurisdiction on this issue in consideration of the lack of jurisdiction on the matter and the lack of locus sizes by the applicants.

“Consequently, this action is fired to be zero,” said judge Omotosho.

Nan had previously reported that the judge had rejected a case in search of an order that declared the suspension of President Tinubu of the governor Siminalayi of the rivers illegal.

The cause, marked: FHC/Ph/CS/51/2025, was presented by Belema Briggs, Princess Wai-Gosu, I. Acho, Emmanuel Mark and Hadassa Ada, who said they had sued for themselves and residents in the state of sparrows.

They had listed the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Prosecutor General of the Federation, Ibas and the Nigerian Navy as defendants.

The lawsuit had interrogated the emergency declaration, the suspension of elected officials, including the governor Fubara, the appointment of a single administrator and, among others, had prayed to the court to cancel the president’s action.

[Vanguard]

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