Lawyer, Wahab Shittu has claimed that Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has the legal authority to investigate his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
Shittu whose statement based on the interpretation of the Rivers State Commission of Enquiry Act and the Nigerian Constitution.
He said, “If you look at the Rivers State Commission of Enquiry Act (Section 1), the governor of Rivers State has powers to probe the former governor.”
He pointed out that Section 1 of the Rivers State Commission of Enquiry Act explicitly grants the governor of Rivers State the authority to probe the actions and decisions of the previous administration.
Recall that Fubara’s administration has announced plans to establish a panel of inquiry into the state’s governance.
The governor made the announcement on Monday after swearing in Dagogo Iboroma as the Attorney-General shortly after the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) was screened and confirmed by the Victor Oko-Jumbo-led House of Assembly.
Fubara stated that the state is in a dire situation where it has become obvious that the political crisis cannot be resolved.
“Why are we bringing you in at this very critical time? You have a big task. As it is today, in the local parlance, they say the jungle has matured.
“We will be setting up a panel of inquiry to investigate the affairs of governance. So brace up. I am not going back on it,” he added