{"id":8559,"date":"2013-08-18T09:45:01","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T09:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/rivers-govt-to-appeal-against-high-courts-verdict-on-its-commission-of-inquiry\/"},"modified":"2013-08-18T09:45:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T09:45:01","slug":"rivers-govt-to-appeal-against-high-courts-verdict-on-its-commission-of-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/rivers-govt-to-appeal-against-high-courts-verdict-on-its-commission-of-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers Govt. to appeal against High Court\u2019s verdict on its Commission of Inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The Rivers Government on Saturday said it would appeal against the ruling of a Port Harcourt High Court which restrained its Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the House of Assembly crisis.<\/p>\n

This indication is contained in a statement signed by Mrs Ibim Semenitari, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, in Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, Gov. Chibuike Amaechi, has power under the law to commission an inquiry into any matter or issue in the state.<\/p>\n

“For the avoidance of doubt and for purposes of clarification, Amaechi, as governor of Rivers has powers under the law to commission an inquiry into any matter or issue.<\/p>\n

“However, such matters arose as the enabling law does not state the categories or circumstances in which the governor can be prevented from constituting such inquiries,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

Semenitari said that the exercise of such power did not make the governor a judge in any matter concerning before the judge that he appointed.<\/p>\n

She said the judgment did not recognise this principle and that the government would appeal against the court’s ruling.<\/p>\n

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a Port Harcourt High Court, on Friday ruled that the commission was illegal and unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

Justice Iyaye Lamikanra, who delivered the ruling, also restrained the commission from sitting.<\/p>\n

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