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Wike-Fubara Crisis - Tinubu, NASS, NJC Pretending To Be Sleeping - Jonathan
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#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.
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former Nigeria President Good Luck
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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 similar and
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the state house of assembly lawmakers by
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President Bola Ahmed Tonubu whom
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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 Ahmed Tonubu the National
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Assembly NAS led by both honorable
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Tajjudin Abvis the speaker House of
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Representatives Senator Godsil Akabio
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the Senate President and the National
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Judicial Council NJC led by the Chief
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Justice of Nigeria Justice Kadir Kaker
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Eken know the right thing to do but they
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refused to it citing an Indian proverbs
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that says when a person is really
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sleeping it is easy to wake up such a
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person but when a person is pretending
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to be sleeping it is very difficult to
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wake up such a person and thereafter
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categorically stated that the three arms
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of government in Nigeria are pretending
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to be sleeping with emphasis that no
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business investor brings his or her
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money to invest in a country where the
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executive dictates for judges what the
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judgment should be the former president
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good luck of LA Jonathan who once as the
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president of Nigeria declared a state of
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emergency in some northern states
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without suspending civil rule or
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allowing the military to take over the
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governance of the states stated this
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while speaking as the chairman at the
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Haskatomy Foundation colloquium in Abuja
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on Saturday these actions by key actors
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in the executive and legislative arms of
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government paint the country in a
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negative light Jonathan said jonathan
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said although it is not the norm for
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former presidents to comment on issues
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in the polity so as not to heat up the
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polity he insisted that the image of the
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country and how much investments a
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country attracts is heavily dependent on
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the actions of the executive legislature
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and judiciary of the country according
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to him his comment was necessitated by
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persistent calls from many Nigerians to
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speak on the events in River's state as
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a prominent son of the Niger Delta the
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former Nigerian leader said "We're
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talking about building a society where
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no one is oppressed as reflected in the
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top paragraph of our national anthem as
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a former president and also from the
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Niger Delta when the issue of suspending
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the governor came out I think people
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called on me President Jonathan you
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should say something what is happening
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in Nigeria today regarding the situation
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in rivers states is 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 that person
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is pretending to sleep you find it
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difficult to wake up that person the key
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actors in Nigeria from executives to the
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legislature and the judiciary they know
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the correct thing to do but they are
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refusing to do it they are pretending to
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sleep 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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judges 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
4:27
president a minister governor or special
4:31
adviser executive whether you are
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holding an office in the parliament
4:35
senate or rep whether you are a judicial
4:38
officer in high courts or appellet
4:40
courts we must strive to do what is
4:42
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 one-time 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 Jonathan's words end
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in quotes we have reported that the
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river's state's partial military ruler a
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retired vice admiral and former Nigeria
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chief of naval staff Iboku Ibas 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 Ahmed Tonubu 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 Bashir Ahmed revealed that it
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was under the leadership of former
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president Muhammadu Buuhari 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 noise 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 amended
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we have reported that the Nigerian
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lawmakers in the lower chamber of the
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House of Representatives have approved
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the proclamation and declaration of a
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state of emergency in River State along
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with the six-month suspension of
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Governor Simolai Fabara his deputy Mrs
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ingaziodu and all elected members of the
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assembly as announced by President Bola
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Ahmed Tonubu on Tuesday night we have
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reported that President Bola Ahmed
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Tonubu aid near Sam Wiki 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 week helped to the
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seat of power was accused by the sitting
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governor Siminalifi Fabara of trying to
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use the state house of assembly to
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frustrate and impeach reach him from
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office simply because he Fabara refused
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to accept certain terms and conditions
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they both had in private which till now
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both refused to tell the public the
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apparent personal political
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misunderstandings that made the governor
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Fabara to resort to self-defense by thus
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applying some measures within his powers
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as the governor to frustrate and stop
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his impeachment from the probably
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instigated Rivers state house of
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assembly lawmakers whose majority of
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them up to 27 Seven members are
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seemingly loyal to the FCT minister who
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wiki a few days ago was the person that
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announced through the media to the
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general public that if an idor son
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similar fabara is impeached nothing
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would happen a statement he made
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suggesting he may have conspired with
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the lawmakers to impeach the governor
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because by his statements during the
8:16
press conference he was probably already
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doing damage control even when the house
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of assembly has not served the governor
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an impeachment notice but in the face of
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the foregoing facts the Nigeria minister
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of justice and the attorney general of
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the federation Latif Fagi at a press
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briefing a few hours ago at the state
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house in Abuja
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exonerated the FCT minister and said
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categorically that the FCT minister has
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no hand in the political crisis that has
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engulfed the oil rich river state
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leading to militants bombing crude oil
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pipelines to destroy Nigeria economy
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probably as a way of protesting against
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the federal government seemly one-sided
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style of handling misunderstandings in
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the state we had reported that two
9:02
female lawmakers Marie Ebuk PDP by Elsa
9:06
state and blessing Amadi PDP river State
9:10
on Wednesday engaged in a heated
9:12
argument almost leading to a fight at
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the National Assembly ahead of the
9:16
pleenary session scheduled by the
9:18
National Assembly leadership to discuss
9:20
approve or reject the proclamation of
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state of emergency declared on Tuesday
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night by President Bola Ahmed Tonubu
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over the apparent personal political
9:29
crisis between the state governor
9:32
Simolai Fabara and Tanubu's aid namik
9:35
the FCT minister and the immediate past
9:38
governor of the south South state we had
9:41
reported that the former vice president
9:42
of Nigeria Atiku Abu Bakar and former
9:46
governor of an amra state Peter Obi both
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of whom were co-contestants as
9:51
presidential candidates in the last
9:52
presidential election in Nigeria have
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reacted to the state of emergency and
9:57
suspension of elected government in
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Rivers state by President Bola Ahmed
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Tonubu with the Tiku accusing and
10:04
describing President Bola Ahmed Tonubu
10:06
as a vested partisan actor in the
10:08
political turmoil oil engulfing rivers
10:10
state we had reported that the Nigeria
10:13
president Bolar Ahmed Tonubu in a
10:15
nationwide broadcast on Tuesday evening
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for the first time more than a decade in
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the history of the West Africa country
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declared a state of emergency in rivers
10:25
state and suspended for initial 6 months
10:28
the governor Simolai Fabara and his
10:30
deputy Mrs is in Gaziodu all elected
10:33
members of the state house of assembly
10:36
and appointed retired vice admiral
10:38
Ibokas as administrator to work with the
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existing laws of rivers state with the
10:42
members of the state judiciary following
10:45
the apparent personal political crisis
10:47
between the river's state governor
10:49
Simolai Fabara and his former boss and
10:52
the immediate past governor of the state
10:54
namiki who is currently the minister of
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the federal capital territory FCT that
10:59
was seen a few days ago in a viral video
11:02
apparently making carless statements as
11:04
a government official statements capable
11:07
of instigating a particular ethnic group
11:09
against the government wherein the FCT
11:12
minister has said thus that is your
11:14
people a minority group in the south
11:16
south and if their son Fabara is
11:19
impeached nothing would happen after the
11:21
statements we refused to apologize to
11:24
the people despite public outcry and
11:27
condemnations days after as confirmed by
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President Bola Ahmed Tonubu some
11:32
militants started destroying crude oil
11:34
pipelines in River State as media
11:37
reports trends and indicated that pro-W
11:39
week lawmakers may have concluded plans
11:41
to impeach Governor Siminal Fabara
11:45
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 the
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issues we discuss we're talking about
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building a society where no one is
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oppressed as reflected in top paragraph
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of our national anthem as a former
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president and also from the Niger Delta
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when the issue of suspending the
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governor came up I think people call on
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me oh president Junat and O president
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and you should say something people
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expected us to say something about what
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is happening and of course people don't
12:20
even know that traditionally all over
12:22
the world former presidents hardly make
12:25
statements about what the current
12:27
presidents are doing because of the
12:29
tension it could create in the country
12:31
in most cases look at America look at
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everywhere so hardly for former
12:35
presidents to make sometimes you see
12:38
and of course what is happening in
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Nigeria today regarding the situation in
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river It it's like an Indian proverb
12:46
that say that if somebody is sleeping
12:49
really sleeping you can easily wake up
12:51
that person but the person is pretending
12:54
to sleep you find it difficult to wake
12:57
up that
13:02
person the key actors in Nigeria from
13:06
executive to the legislation senator
13:09
Bint and others are here and the
13:11
judiciary they know the correct thing to
13:15
But they are refusing to do it they
13:16
pretending to sleep
13:19
and waking such a person is extremely
13:21
difficult because the person know the
13:24
right
13:26
a clear abuse
13:27
of review clear abuse of
13:31
power clear abuse of privileges cutting
13:35
across from the three arms of government
13:37
from the executive through the
13:38
parliament through the
13:40
judiciary and I plead with her people
13:44
that whatever we do affects everybody
13:49
and sometimes we do things and we think
13:51
that it doesn't affect us
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we I've been a president before and even
13:56
after leaving office as a former
13:58
president people get to me
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why is that our passport is not valued
14:03
that much hence
14:06
why is that Nigerians are not given the
14:09
kind of treatment we're supposed to
14:10
receive at the international airport
14:12
committee Nigerians sometimes we think
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it's because of Yahoo Yahoo boys or
14:16
niner not only them yes they are part of
14:19
the problem but whatever happens in a
14:22
country decisions that are taken by the
14:24
executive arm of government decisions
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are taken by the parliament judicial
14:30
decisions affect everybody
14:33
for example no businessman can bring his
14:35
money to invest in a country where the
14:38
judiciary is
14:40
compromised Nigerian where a government
14:42
functionary can dictate to judges what
14:45
judgment they will give no man brings
14:47
his money to invest in that econom
14:49
because we are taking a big risk so
14:51
whatever we do affects
14:55
everybody and if we must build a nation
14:58
our children and our grandchildren
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no matter how painful it is we must
15:02
strive to do what is
15:04
right state of Nigeria it may cause us
15:09
but we must endure and pay the price to
15:13
insist on doing what is right
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whether you are holding an executive
15:20
office as a president a minister or a
15:22
governor or special advisor
15:25
executive whether you are holding an
15:27
office in the
15:28
parliament senate or rep whether you're
15:31
a judicial officer at the high court or
15:33
a court we must strive to do what is
15:37
right if we want to build a
15:40
nation of that our children will be
15:44
proud
15:45
of bringing youth renews in a more
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