A council official said Governor Fubara cannot replace them with caretaker committees.
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The rift between the two former allies manifested greatly in the state legislature, splitting the lawmakers into two factions – 27 members loyal to Mr Wike while the three-member assembly currently led by Victor Oko-Jumbo has the backing of Governor Fubara.in a controversial circumstance, Mr Oko-Jumbo on 10 May obtained an interlocutory injunction from a State High Court in Port Harcourt restraining pro-Wike lawmakers from parading themselves as lawmakers.
It was not long before the peace deal collapsed, and the lawmakers amended the Rivers local government administration law and stripped Governor Fubara of the power to appoint caretakers for local councils in the state when the tenure of the current officials expires. In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday, a legal practitioner, Uwemedimo Nwoko, said the appellate court’s ruling has no correlation with the tenure of local council officials in Rivers.
“If the court says ‘present status quo,’ it is the status at the time the order is made,” Mr Nwoko said, indicating the appellate court reference of the “present status quo” means at the time the ruling was given on Friday and not the position canvassed by Mr Nwanosike.
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