A suit filed by former Rivers State Federal lawmaker Farah Dagogo against President Bola Tinubu and others over the declaration of emergency and subsequent suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Professor Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the State House of Assembly has been scheduled for hearing by an Abuja High Court on July 9, 2025.
After counsel for the first and fifth defendants, Professor Kanyinsola Ajayi, SAN, and Abduljabar Aliyu, requested an extension of time so they could fully answer to the plaintiff’s procedures, the presiding judge, Justice James Omotosho, adjourned the case.
A legal representative of the plaintiff, Babafemi Adegbite, did not oppose the request.
Originally filed before the Federal High Court’s Port Harcourt Division, the case was moved to the Abuja Division after the Attorney-General of the Federation instructed the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to do so.
The president’s actions in Rivers State, specifically the appointment of an administrator in a state with a democratically elected government, are being contested by Dagogo as unconstitutional.
According to him, the president is not authorized under the constitution to appoint an administrator in place of a democratically elected government and suspend it unilaterally.
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