Nyesom Wike: Why Celestine Omehia was derecognised former Rivers governor
He said the action of the State 32-member legislature was in violation of an extant Supreme Court judgement which ousted Omehia and said he never existed as governor in the eyes of the law.
He said the signing was an executive action sequel to the resolution of the State House of Assembly during its plenary on Thursday.for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in Nigeria & world news, business, politics, sports and pop culture. This was contained in a statement issued by Kelvin Ebiri, media aide to the governor and made available to newsmen on Friday.
“When we came on board, there were issues and the Assembly felt that, having served as governor, he should enjoy the status of a former governor. “In this part of our country, people will praise you when it suits them, but when you do the uncommon thing, people will not praise you,” Wike stated. “That in the first instance, the recognition was extra-judicial, that the Assembly has no power to change the judgment of any court, not to talk about the Supreme Court.He explained as untrue that the insinuation in the media that Omehia was de-recognised because he had ceased to be his ally, and now a member of the presidential campaign council of the Peoples Democratic Party.
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