Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has again waded into the Rivers State political crisis, saying that Martins Amaewhule led faction of the State Assembly lacks locus standing to institute any legal case against the state government.
Clark based his arguement on the purported defection of the legislators to the main opposition party in the state, the All Progressives Congress.
The former national commissioner also pleaded with President Bola Tinubu not to wait until the citizens begin to ask him why he has not called the FCT Minister to order.
He explained that the situation in Rivers State is becoming devastating due to alleged activities of Nyesom Wike and the Martins Amaewhule led Assembly members.
He said: “Today, the situation in Rivers State is becoming devastating due to Nyesom Wike and the former Speaker, Martins Amaewhule, and their followers, and he has done everything possible to bring down the government of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
“We have respectfully appealed to Mr. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on several occasions to call Nyesom Wike to order or prevent him from breaching the Constitution of Nigeria but unfortunately, Mr. President has failed to carry out his duty as the number one citizen of this country. Nyesom Wike, who is a serving Minister in President Bola Tinubu’s government has no regards or respect for the Constitution of Nigeria, and Mr. President may one day be asked by patriotic Nigerians why he allowed Nyesom Wike to breach the Constitution of Nigeria on several occasions. Till today, Nyesom Wike believes that the defection of his boys did not affect their membership of the PDP. ”
Clark who incidentally is a lawyer claimed that “Now that the former Speaker of the Rivers State House of assembly, Martins Amaewhule and his 27 other colleagues have confirmed in a court of law that they defected from PDP to APC, they have automatically lost their seats on the 11th December, 2023 and therefore disqualified from bringing any court action on behalf of the Rivers State House of Assembly and its members. So, for not disclosing their defection to Justice James Omotosho’s court shows clearly that the case in Justice James Omotosho’s court is null and void and of no effect. So the judgment which Justice James Omotosho allegedly gave in suit no: FHC/ABJ/1613/2023 is null and void, and it was a judgment obtained by fraud. Similarly, the 3-man panel that sat in Justice James Omotosho’s case did not seat over any valid judgment to be reviewed or supervise by the court of Appeal because the case was dead long ago and up till today, and therefore, they are resorting to use of unnecessary and insulting language against the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, which is tactless and uncalled for. “
