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Fubara-Wike face-off: New twist as Rivers, stakeholders fault allocation suspension order

• State govt appeals decision, says no cause for alarm
• Judgment tantamount to state of emergency, says don
• Odinkalu: It’s tyranny of the outlaw
•  Court went too far, says SAN
•  Judgment a legal coup against pending appeals, opposition lawmakers’ coalition
•  Rivers APC applauds judgment 

Nigerians, including lawyers, analysts, party stalwarts and the Rivers State Government, yesterday, faulted the Federal High Court judgment stopping the federal allocations to Rivers State, with the state pledging to swiftly appeal against the decision.

Reacting to the judgment yesterday, the State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, said the decision was the least of his problems.

Fubara made the remark during a special thanksgiving service organised by the state government to celebrate his administration’s resilience amid escalating political…
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