Court dismisses suit seeking to stop Governor from re-presenting Rivers State budget

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking to stop Governor Siminalayi Fubara from re-presenting the N800 billion 2024 budget of Rivers State. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a ruling, also set aside the earlier interim order made on Jan 22, directing parties in the suit to maintain status quo pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.

Justice Abdulmalik held that a similar suit in the matter had already been decided by a sister court on the day the interim order was granted, NAN reports. The judge also held that the plaintiff’s counsel, David Maduka, lost the opportunity that would have afforded him to be heard when he failed to address the court on the propriety of the instant suit in the face of the judgment already delivered in a similar case. Recall that the five-member Rivers House of Assembly led by the then factional Speaker, Edison Ehie, had, on December 13, 2023, passed the appropriation bill sent to it by Fubara and the Governor assented to the bill on De

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