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Wike-Fubara Crisis - Tinubu, NASS, NJC Pretending To Be Sleeping - Jonathan https://osazuwaakonedo.news/wike-fubara-crisis-tinubu-nass-njc-pretending-to-be-sleeping-jonathan/22/03/2025/ #Issues #Fubara #Jonathan #KekereEkun #NASS #NJC #Rivers #Tinubu #Wike ©March 22nd, 2025 ®March 22, 2025 11:37 pm Former Nigeria President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has reacted to the declaration of state of emergency, partial military rule in Rivers State and the suspension of the Governor of the State, Siminalayi Fubara and the State House of Assembly lawmakers by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whom, Jonathan accused of abuse of office, power and privileges – with the former President saying that the Presidency led by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Assembly, NASS led by both Honourable Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker, House of Representatives, Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President and the National Judicial Council, NJC led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun know the right thing to do but they refused to it, citing an Indian proverbs that says; when a person is really sleeping, it is easy to wake up such a person, but, when a person is pretending to be sleeping, it is very difficult to wake up such a person, and thereafter, categorically stated that the three arms of government in Nigeria are pretending to be sleeping, with emphasis that no business investor brings his or her money to invest in a country where the Executive dictates for Judges what the Judgement should be. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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former Nigeria president good luck of
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Jonathan has reacted to the Declaration
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of state of emergency partial military
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rule in River State and the suspension
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of the governor of the state Sim alai
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favara and the State House of Assembly
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lawmakers by President Bola Ahmed tanbu
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whom Jonathan accused of abuse of office
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power and privileges with the former
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president saying that the presidency led
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by Bola ahed tbu the National Assembly
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Nas led by both honorable tajid abis the
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speaker House of Representatives Senator
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godsell acario the Senate President and
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the national judicial Council n JC led
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by the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice
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Kadir kaker eeken know the right thing
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to do but they refused to it citing an
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Indian Proverbs that says when a person
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is really sleeping it is easy to wake up
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such a person but when a person is
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pretending to be sleeping it is very
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difficult to wake up such a person and
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there often categorically stated that
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the three arms of government in Nigeria
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are pretending to be sleeping with
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emphasis that no business investor
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brings his or her money to invest in a
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country where the executive dictates for
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judges what the Judgment should be the
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former president good luck of La
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Jonathan who once as the president of
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Nigeria declared a state of emergency in
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some northern states without suspending
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civil rule or allowing the military to
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take over the governance of the states
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stated this while speaking as the
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chairman at the Hask satum Foundation
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colloquium in Abuja on Saturday these
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actions by key actors in the executive
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and legislative arms of government paint
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the country in a negative light Jonathan
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said Jonathan said although it is not
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the norm for former presidents to
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comment on issues in the poity so as not
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to heat up the poity he insisted that
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the image of the country and how much
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Investments a country attracts is
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heavily dependent on the actions of the
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executive legislature and Judiciary of
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the country according to him his comment
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was necessitated by persistent calls
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from many Nigerians to speak on the
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events in River State as a prominent son
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of the Niger Delta the former Nigerian
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leader said we're talking about building
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a society where no one is oppressed as
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reflected in the top paragraph of our
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national anthem as a former president
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and also from the Niger delter when the
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issue of suspending the governor came
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out I think people called on me
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president Jonathan you should say
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something what is happening in Nigeria
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today regarding the situation in River
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States is like an Indian proverb that
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said that if somebody is sleeping really
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sleeping you can easily wake up that
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person but if that person is pretending
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to sleep you find it difficult to wake
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up that person the key actors in Nigeria
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from Executives to the legislature and
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the Judiciary they know the correct
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thing to do but they are refusing to do
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it they are pretending to sleep sleep
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waking such a person is extremely
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difficult but the person knows the right
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thing the clear abuse of offices clear
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abuse of power clear abuse of privileges
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cutting across from the three arms of
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government from the executive to the
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parliament to the Judiciary and I always
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plead with our people that whatever we
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do affects everybody no businessman can
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bring his money to invest in a country
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where the Judiciary is compromised where
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a government functionary can dictate to
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Jud Jes what judgment they will give no
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man brings his money to invest in that
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economy because we are taking a big risk
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so whatever we do affects everybody and
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if we want to build a nation where our
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children and our grandchildren no matter
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how painful it is we must strive to do
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what is right it may cost us but we must
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Endeavor and pay the price to insist on
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doing what is right whether you are
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holding an executive office as a
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president a minister governor or special
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advisor executive whether you are
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holding an office in the parliament
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senate or rep whether you are a Judicial
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officer in high courts or appellate
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courts we must strive to do what is
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right if we want to build a nation that
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our children will be proud of as we
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engage in these discussions let us
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remember that promoting social change is
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not a onetime event but a continuous
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process it requires a sustained
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commitment Collective action and
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unwavering dedication to the values that
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promote good governance former Nigeria
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president good luck Abell Jonathan's
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words end in quotes we have reported
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that the rivers State's partial military
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ruler a retired vice admiral and former
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Nigeria chief of Naval staff iok IAS on
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Thursday evening made his Maiden
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Statewide broadcast calling on any
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troublemakers apparently speaking
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directly to the militants who have been
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linked to the destruction and bombing of
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crude oil pipelines in the state to
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desist from such act henceforth because
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his government is appointed by President
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Bola areed to newu as a sole
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administrator in Rivers State and
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approved by both the House of
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Representatives and the Senate of the
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National Assembly on Thursday has no
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patient to act against any action that
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threatened the peace social and economic
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stability of the oil Rich River State
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this former presidential spokesperson on
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New Media Basher armad revealed the it
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was under the leadership of former
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president muhammadu buhari in 2018 that
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the National Assembly repealed and
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enacted a new law that gave the
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president the powers to suspend an
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elected sitting governor and lawmakers
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in the State House of Assembly but by
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Nigeria legal system the acts enacted by
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the National Assembly automatically
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becomes noid and void when the acts or
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laws enacted by the National Assembly
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contradicted or violated any session of
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the Nigeria 1999 Constitution as is
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amended we have reported that the
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Nigeria lawmakers in the lower chamber
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of the House of Representatives have
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approved the proclamation and
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Declaration of a state of emergency in
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River State along with the six-month
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suspension of Governor simai favara his
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Deputy Mrs inoi ODU and all elected
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members of the assembly as announced by
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President Bola ahed tanbu on Tuesday
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night we have reported that President
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Bola Ahmed tanu a n we Who is the
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minister of the federal capital
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territory fct and the immediate past
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Governor of river state that is widely
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believed to be the apparent root cause
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of the political crisis in the state who
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shortly after the swearing in of
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Governor simai fabara wek helped to the
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seat of power was accused by the sitting
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Governor Sim favara of trying to use the
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State House of Assembly to frustrate and
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impeach him from Office simply because
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he fabara refused to accept certain
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terms and conditions they both had in
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private which till now both refused to
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tell the public the apparent personal
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political misunderstandings that made
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the governor fabara to resort to
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self-defense by thus applying some
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measures within his powers as the
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governor to frustrate and stop his
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impeachment from the probably instigated
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River State House of Assembly lawmakers
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whose majority of them up to 27 members
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are seemly loyal to the fct minister who
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we a few days ago
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was the person that announced through
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the media to the general public that if
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an your son simai favara is impeached
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nothing would happened a statement he
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made suggesting he may have conspired
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with the lawmakers to impeach the
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governor because by his statements
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during the press conference he was
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probably already doing damage control
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even when the House of Assembly has not
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served the governor an impeachment
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notice but in the face of the forgoing
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facts the Nigeria minister of justice
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and the Attorney General of the
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Federation Latif fagbemi at a press
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briefing a few hours ago at the State
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House in Abuja exonerated the fct
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minister and said categorically that the
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fct minister has no hand in the
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political crisis that has engulfed the
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oil Rich Rivers State leading to
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militants bombing crude oil pipelines to
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destroy Nigeria economy probably as a
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way of protesting against the federal
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government's seemly one-sided style of
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handling misunderstandings in the State
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we have reported that two female
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lawmakers Marie eake PDP B Elsa State
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and blessing amadi PDP River State on
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Wednesday engaged in a heated argument
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almost leading to a fight at the
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National Assembly ahead of the plary
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session scheduled by the National
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Assembly leadership to discuss approve
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or reject the proclamation of state of
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emergency declared on Tuesday night by
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President Bola Ahmed tanu over the
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apparent personal political crisis
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between the state Governor simai fabara
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and tanu a Nas we the fct minister and
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the immediate past Governor of the South
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South State we have reported that the
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former vice president of Nigeria Haiku
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Abu bakar and former governor of anambra
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state Peter Obie both of whom were co-
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contestants as presidential candidates
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in the last presidential election in
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Nigeria have reacted to the state of
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emergency and suspension of elected
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government in state by President Bola
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Ahmed tanbu with a tiku accusing and
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describing president Bola Ahmed tanbu as
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a vested partisan actor in the political
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turmoil in gulfing Rivers State we have
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reported that the Nigeria president
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Boler Ahmed tanbu in a nationwide
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broadcast on Tuesday evening for the
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first time more than a decade in the
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history of the West Africa country
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declared a state of emergency in Rivers
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State and suspended for initial 6 months
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the governor Sim fabara and his Deputy
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Mrs inoi ODU all elected members of the
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State House of Assembly and appointed
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retired vice admiral iok EAS as
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administrator to work with the existing
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laws of rivers state with the members of
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the state Judiciary following the
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apparent personal political crisis
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between the rivers State Governor sim a
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faar and his former boss and the
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immediate past governor of the state
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nasm we who is currently the minister of
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the federal capital territory fct that
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was seen a few days ago in a viral video
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apparently making Caris statements as a
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government official statements capable
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of instigating a particular ethnic group
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against the government wherein the fct
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minister has said thus that ual people a
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minority group in the south south and if
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their son fabara is impeached nothing
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would happen after the statements we K
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refused to apologize to the ID your
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people despite public outcry and
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condemnations days after as confirmed by
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President Bola Ahmed tanbu some
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militants started destroying crude oil
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pipelines in River State as media
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reports Trends and indicated that Pro
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week lawmakers may have concluded plans
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to impeach Governor simai
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fabara what is happening in the country
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everybody talks about River State on
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television and some of these are
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issues with discuss we're talking about
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dealing a society where no one is
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oppressed as reflect in topag for
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national anthem as a former president
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and also from the N Delta when the issue
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of suspending the governor came up I
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think people call on me oh president Jun
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and president say something expected us
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to say something about what is happening
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and of course people don't even know
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that traditionally all over the world
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former president Sly make statements
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about what the current presidents are
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doing because of the tens it could
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create in the country mostes look at
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America look at everywhere so hardly for
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former presidents to make sometimes you
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see and and of course what is happening
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in Nigeria today regarding the situation
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in River State it's like an Indian
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proverb that said that if somebody is
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sleeping really sleeping you can easily
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wake up that person but if person is
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pretending to
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sleep you find it difficult to wake up
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that person
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[Applause]
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the key actors in Nigeria from executive
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to the legisl Lo Senator B and others
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are here and the Judiciary they know the
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correct thing to
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do but they are refusing to do it they
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pretending to
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sleep and waking such a person is
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extremely difficult because a person
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know the right the Mandate of President
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clear
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abuse president to Rev
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clear abuse of power clear abuse of
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privileges cutting across from the three
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arms of government from the executive
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through the parliament through the
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Judiciary and all plead with our
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people that whatever we do affects
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everybody and sometimes we do things and
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we think that it doesn't affect
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us we having a president before and even
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after leaving office as a former
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president get to
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me why is that our passport is not
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valued that
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much why is that Nigerians are not given
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the kind of treatment we're supposed to
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receive at International Airport of Nigi
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sometimes we think it's because of boys
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of not only them yes they are part of
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the problem but whatever happens in a
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country decisions that are taken by the
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executive arm of government decisions
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are taken by the parliament judicial
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decisions affect
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everybody for example no businessman can
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bring his money to invest in a country
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why the Judiciary is compromised consist
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of why a government functionary can
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dictate to judges what judgment they
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will give no man brings his money to
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invest in that EC because we taking a
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big
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risk so whatever we do affects
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everybody and if we must build a nation
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our children and our grand
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no matter how painful it is must strive
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to do what is right River State of
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Nigeria it may cost us but we must
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endore and pay the price to insist on
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doing what is
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right whether you're holding an
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executive office as a president a
14:51
minister or a governor or special
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advisor
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executive whether you holding an office
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in the parliament senate or rep whether
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you a Judicial officer High courts orate
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courts we must strive to do what is
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right if we want to build a
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nation that our children will be proud
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