The national industrial court sitting in Bayelsa state has ordered the reinstatement of the 22 local government chairmen of Rivers state that were sacked on Thursday.
The court directed the inspector-general of police to provide security for the chairmen, who were elected on May 23, 2015 towards the end of Rotmi Amaechi’s governorship tenure.
Accusing Amaechi’s administration of flouting a court order stopping the conduct of the election, Lambo Akanbi, a judge of the federal high court in Port Harcourt, ordered the dismissal of the chairmen.
Nyesom Wike, governor of the state, subsequently swore in caretaker chairmen but they have not been able to assume office as a result of the siege that laid by policemen on all the local government secretariats in the state.
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SINCE I AM NOT A LAWYER PLEASE PERMIT ME TO ASK VERY SILLY QUESTIONS:-
(1) WAS THEIR EVER AN ORDER BY ANY COURT IN ANY PART OF NIGERIA RESTRAINING THE RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT FROM CONDUCTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS IN THE STATE?
(2) IS THERE ANY TRUTH OR EVIDENCE THERETO THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF RIVERS STATE DID AT ANY & IN ANY MATERIAL PARTICULAR PLANNED, SCHEDULED & ACTUALLY ORGANIZED ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS IN ANY PART OF RIVERS STATE THEREOF DESPITE A SUBSISTING COURT ORDER TO THE CONTRARY?
(3) IF THE RESPONSE TO EACH OF QUESTIONS (1) & (2) ABOVE IS “YES”, PLEASE LET SOMEONE KNOWLEDGEABLE IN LAWS OF NIGERA & COURT PROCESSES SHOULD TELL LAYMEN LIKE ME IF TRULY ANY CONTEMPT OF COURT WAS COMMITTED?
(4) IS IT POSSIBLE FOR WHAT A PARTICULAR COURT CONSIDERS AS CONTEMPT OF ITS PROCEEDINGS OR RESTRAINING ORDERS MAY BE TREATED VERY LIGHTLY OR NOT EVEN CONSIDERED AS CONTEMPT BY ANOTHER COURT IN THE LAND?
(5) WHY WOULD PRONOUCEMENTS BY 2 COURTS DIFFER?
(6) IS POLITICS & LAW THE SAME?