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El-Rufai To Tinubu: Restore Elected Officials In Rivers

by Aza Msue
4 months ago
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Former governor of Kaduna State and a chieftain of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has urged President Bola Tinubu to restore elected officials in Rivers State.

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El-Rufai, who made the call via a post on his verified Facebook page Wednesday night, said it was dangerous to the country’s system of democratic federalism for an elected president to assume and exercise powers to suspend elected officials at the State level.

The former governor said the responsibilities of a president are heavy and extensive, but they are constrained by the Constitution and the law certainly do not include firing persons who were elected by the people.

El-Rufai said, “There are things that are so clearly wrong that the justifications summoned in their defence fall flat. The decision of Mr. President to suspend the elected officials of the Rivers State Government is one of those.

“The security issues cited in the President’s speech surely deserve the most serious attention and sustained efforts to contain the threats and preserve vital national infrastructure. That is a duty that we ought to vigorously support the security agencies to successfully discharge.

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“A state of emergency could surely have been proclaimed to grant the relevant security agencies the extraordinary powers and necessary resources to enable them to address the problem. Extending the provisions of such an emergency regime to include the dismantling of democratic structures is a wanton aggression against democratic tenets and the rule of law. The Supreme Court has conclusively declared the suspension of elected officials unlawful in the Dariye vs.Attorney General of the Federation.

“It is my view that Mr. President should review this decision and return to the path of constitutionalism and the rule of law. As an opposition figure, Senator Bola Tinubu had made his voice heard against the decision of then President Goodluck Jonathan to declare a state of emergency in the North-East, even when that decision did not extend to the suspension of elected officials and institutions.

“A similar reconsideration is warranted in this case to contain the damage done to the people of Rivers State, and restore the Federal Government to compliance with the Constitution.”

“Let us not keep silent while the slippery slope of replicating the events of emergency rule in the old Western Region in 1962 unfold before our very eyes. I appeal to all patriots and voices of reason to join in calling an end to this gross violation of the Constitution and disrespect for the rule of law,” El-Rufai added.


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