Court refuses to grant order to bar Gov Fubara from spending govt funds

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Governor Siminalayi Fubara has won a battle in court to continue to spend government funds pending the hearing and determining the suit filed by the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly.

A Federal High Court in Abuja, in a ruling by Justice Emeka Nwite in the motion ex parte marked FHC/ABJ/CS/984/24,
refused to grant the prayers.

However, the court stated that it ordered the plaintiffs to put the defendants on notice.

Justice Nwite, however, granted the motion ex parte to serve the 5th to 10th defendants in the matter by substituted means saying “the leave is hereby granted to the plaintiffs/applicants, to serve the 5th to 10th defendants/respondents with the plaintiffs/applicants’ originating, and any other process (es) filed or issued in this suit by substituted means to wit: by publishing same in the Nation Newspapers.”

The judge also adjourned the matter to the 7th of August to hear the motion on notice.

The 5th to 10th defendants are Mr Fubara, Accountant-General of Rivers; Rivers Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC); Chief Judge of Rivers, Justice S.C. Amadi; Chairperson of RSIEC, Adolphus Enebeli and the Government of Rivers State respectively.

The 1st and 2nd plaintiffs being the Rivers State House of Assembly and Martin Amaewhule, had filed the suit through their counsel, Joseph Daudu SAN against the Central Bank of Nigeria, Zenith Bank Plc, Access Bank PLC, and the Accountant General of the Federation as the 1st to 4th defendants.