No governance in Rivers when I declared emergency, President tells Supreme Court

No governance in Rivers when I declared emergency, President tells Supreme Court

Supreme Court heard yesterday that there was no governance in Rivers State when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu slammed emergency rule on the state.

Tinubu made the submissions in a joint affidavit filed on May 20 at the Supreme Court by the Senior Special Assistant to the President of the State House, and the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. Taiye Hussain Oloyede.

The affidavit was for the President, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Rivers State Administrator, Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas and the suspended Governor Similayi Fubara.