Nigeria’s Opposition lawmakers Coalition has raised alarm over alleged move by the All Progressive Congress, APC and the group supporting the Minister of FCT Nyesom Wike to secure a court injunction/Judgement to stop the constitutional/statutory monthly allocations of Rivers State Local Government allocation.
Spokesperson of the coalition, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere in a statement on Tuesday, said the group have filled a legal process at the Federal High Court, seeking a court injunction to withhold monthly funds allocation to the LGAs in Rivers State.
Ugochinyere said, “The APC and Pro Wike group as i am talking is filling a suit at federal high court to help them seize the statutory sovereign allocation of entire Rivers state LGA knowing fully well that no court in Nigeria have declared the election of the LGA Chairmen invalid but still they want to stop the constitutional allocation of a revenue to an arm of government that is constitutional. This is the second of such cases by the Wike group to bring constitutional disorder .They have pending case seeking to seize the entire Rivers allocation/LGA funds they filled, and now they are using the wike APC faction to file another suit seeking order to stop the Federal account allocation committee , Accountant General of the Federation, Minister of Finance , Attorney-General of the Federation, Attorney-General of Rivers State of Nigeria, and Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission.
According to him, the e Wike group are still in pains following the outcome of the just concluded Rivers State LGA election which held in compliance with the Supreme Court judgement that ordered mandatory LGA election.
