Former presidential spokesman Laolu Akande has stated that Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended governor of Rivers State, should be the one leading the legal challenge against his suspension by President Bola Tinubu.
Akande argued that if a president had suspended Tinubu during his tenure as Lagos State governor (1999-2007), Tinubu would have promptly taken the matter to the Supreme Court.
He cited Tinubu’s past legal challenges against the federal government’s seizure of local government funds during the Obasanjo administration.
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Akande criticized Fubara for not immediately initiating legal action and instead allowing seven PDP governors to file a lawsuit on his behalf.
He expressed disappointment in Fubara’s perceived lack of courage and asserted that the suspension of an elected state governor by an elected president is illegal.
He said, “It’s a good move what the governors of the PDP have done. They probably would be able to save the day. But I’m surprised that Governor Fubara himself is sitting down. If somebody did this to Bola Ahmed Tinubu when he was governor of Lagos, do you know what he would be doing?
“He (Fubara) should be the first to go to court; he is still the governor, he still has a status; he’s not been removed. He couldn’t be removed that way. There is a questionable suspension.”
“The first thing Governor Fubara ought to do if he knew what he was doing was to go to court. And to tell his people that what has happened in Rivers State is against the law but he couldn’t find the courage.
“How can I be a governor and the president who was also elected is asking me to go away?
“Of course, I will go away so that there is no trouble but I will go to the courts. And I will tell my people, you elected me, the president has asked me to go to court. It is wrong and I will fight it. That is how we can build democracy. It is not about people in Agbada (flowing gown),” he added.
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