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Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, representing Ondo South, has stated that President Bola Tinubu remains unbothered by recent criticisms from former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, and former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi.
Amaechi recently urged Nigerians to be vigilant in defending their mandate during the 2027 election, warning that politicians, including Tinubu, would not easily relinquish power.
Similarly, El-Rufai criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as a “zero-man show,” and called on opposition parties to unite and form a coalition to challenge the ruling party and safeguard democracy.
Atiku accused the Presidency of offering a N50 million bribe to opposition parties to weaken their structures ahead of the next election, although most political platforms denied the claim.
Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Ibrahim dismissed the criticisms, asserting that Tinubu is undisturbed by such remarks.
In a statement signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB accused the judiciary of failing to adhere to the rule of law regarding its proscription.
According to Powerful, the court ruling was a rape of Justice.
The statement reads: “The Noble family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) worldwide condemn the judgement of the appeal Court upholding the illegal, unconstitutional and discriminatory proscription of IPOB by late judge Abdul Kafarati is a rape of justice and shameless disregard of the laws of Nigeria under which this injudicious proscription was affirmed.
Firstly, it is elementary law that ex-parte decisions are only a stop-gap measure designed to last no more than 14 days.
This illegal act has now subsisted for nearly 8 years. This is clearly against the same laws of Nigeria. “It, therefore, stands to reason that some justices in Abuja under the influence of the haters of IPOB are those telling the courts which decisions to render regardless of the consequences to the damage such ridiculous judgements have on the sanctity of the rule of law and it’s implications for the administration of common law in Nigeria.
The rule of law in the proscription of any organisation as provided for in the constitution of Nigeria is very clear.
You cannot use ex-parte court orders in a civil procedure to confer criminal liability on any individual or organisation as was done by Kafarati against IPOB. This is kindergarten law.
Before threat to national security can be invoked to justify any breach or violation of rights of individual IPOB members, a state of emergency MUST be declared in the affected areas.
No state of emergency was declared in any part of the South East or South-South; neither was any public disorder attributed to IPOB to justify the proscription of our movement by Kafarati. Therefore the using threat to national security to justify a breach of a constitutionally guaranteed right is a clear display of poor knowledge of the law.
The law states clearly that the President of Nigeria ought to sign the memo authorising the proscription of IPOB. As lawyers everywhere know, when a law states how something should be done, that procedure must be followed.
Court papers will show that neither Buhari nor former Vice President Osinbajo signed this memo. Instead, it was signed by the late Abba Kyari whom the law did not recognise nor give the authority to proscribe IPOB.
“The courts in Abuja appear not to be adhering to the rule of law when it comes to this singular issue of illegal proscription of IPOB.“What the Appeal Court Abuja appear to say in their ruling is that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which is the supreme law that governs life in the country, is no longer supreme.
”The Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) of the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) met today to discuss the speakership crisis at the Lagos State House of Assembly and not the possibility of Mudashiru Obasa returning as speaker.
A member of the apex advisory body in the state, who spoke in confidence with the Nigerian Tribune, also dismissed the narration that President Bola Tinubu has ordered the reinstatement of the erstwhile speaker.A member of the apex advisory body in the state, who spoke in confidence with the Nigerian Tribune, also dismissed the narration that President Bola Tinubu has ordered the reinstatement of the erstwhile speaker.
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