Fubara Legally Empowered to Probe Wike-SAN Declares

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria ( SAN) Wahab Shittu said Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is legally empowered to probe the government of his predecessor, Nyesom Wike.

Shittu stated this in a interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday.

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Shittu stated that the Rivers State Commission of Enquiry Act and the Nigerian Constitution empower rivers Governor to investigate any government including that of Wike.

In his words, ” 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.”

Recall that Fubara had announced a plan by his administration to set up a panel of inquiry into the governance of the state.

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