Seven PDP states sue Tinubu, National Assembly at Supreme Court over Rivers emergency rule

Seven state governments led by governors belonging to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have sued President Bola Tinubu at the Supreme Court over his suspension of Rivers State’s democratically elected officials under an emergency rule he recently imposed on the oil-rich state.

The states, through their respective Attorneys-General, urged the court to declare that the president “has no powers whatsoever” to suspend a democratically elected governor and deputy…