Reactions have continued to trail the signing of the legal instrument activating the resolution passed by the House of Assembly to de-recognise Mr Celestine Omehia as a former governor of the state by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike at the weekend.
Speaking on the issues, some senior advocates were of the views that the lawmakers whether in 2015 or now acted within their competence. On whether the state has powers to de-recognise a governor as in the instant case, the senior lawyer pointed out that laws can be amended and revoked, adding that the same lawmakers who passed the resolution to recognise Omehia as a former governor in another resolution are the same ones who have “now resolved that he should be removed completely from the archives of people who have ever been in that office, then I think it is within their competence and besides it is a legislative matter.
“That is why it is often said that no parliament can fetter or bind its successor”, he said, “If the supreme law being the Constitution can be amended, how much less an ordinary statute or a mere resolution. I am unable to fault the legality of what the Rivers House of Assembly has done”. “In the instant situation, it is near certain if not absolutely certain that the Omehia will turn to the judiciary for intervention and redress. A number of questions have been thrown up by the rather novel scenario on hand.
He said: “The judgment of the Supreme Court the House of Assembly is now relying upon to cancel the 2015 resolution was of course in existence then. The judgment was passed by the Supreme Court in 2007.
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