Kotun Koli ta yanke hukunci cewa gwamnan Jihar Rivers, Siminalayi Fubara, na iya gudanar da ayyukan gwamnati tare da ‘yan majalisar dokokin jihar guda uku da ba su yi murabus ba. Hukuncin da aka yanke a ranar 20 ga Disamba, 2024, ya yi watsi da karar da kungiyar Registered Trustees of the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners ta shigar, wadda ta nemi tilasta wa Gwamna Fubara sake gabatar da kasafin kudin shekara ta 2024 ga wani bangare na majalisar dokokin jihar karkashin jagorancin Martin Amaewhule.
Masu shigar da kara sun yi tambaya game da rashin sake gabatar da kasafin kudin ga majalisar dokokin jihar, inda suka yi iƙirarin cewa hakan na da muhimmanci don ingantaccen aiki na gwamnatin jihar. A yayin sauraron karar a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 2024, lauyan wadanda ake tuhuma, Lawrence Oko-Jaja, ya gabatar da takardu a kotu da ke nuna cewa a baya majalisar dokokin jihar, tare da mambobi shida kacal, ta gudanar da harkokin gwamnati tare da tsohon gwamnan jihar, Nyesom Wike, tsakanin Disamba 2015 zuwa Fabrairu 2017.
Oko-Jaja ya shaida wa kotu cewa tsakanin 2015 zuwa 2017, mambobi shida na majalisar dokokin Jihar Rivers sun tabbatar da nadin mukamai kuma sun zartar da dokar kasafin kudin shekara ta 2017 a ranar 28 ga Disamba, 2016, adadin da ya kasa kashi biyu bisa uku na mambobi 24 da ya kamata su kasance don yin quorum. A cikin hukuncinsa, alkali ya amince da hujjojin lauyan wadanda ake tuhuma.
“Don haka, kamar yadda mai girma Ezenwo Nyesom Wike ya gabatar da kasafin kudi da dokokin kudi tare da mambobi shida kacal lokacin da adadin ya kasa kashi biyu bisa uku na mambobi 32, haka kuma mai girma Siminalayi Fubara, gwamnan Jihar Rivers, zai kasance a karkashin tsarin mulki don yin hulÉ—a da majalisar dokokin jihar da Oko-Jumbo ke jagoranta, don ci gaba da gudanar da harkokin jihar har sai mambobi 27 da suka yi murabus suka shigar da kara a kotu don neman gyarawa ko kuma INEC ta gudanar da wani zaben don maye gurbin mukaman da mambobi 27 suka bari bayan sun yi murabus,” in ji kotu.
“A taÆ™aice, har sai kotun koli ta yanke hukunci kan batun ikon kotu wanda ke shafar matsayin mambobi 27, gwamnan zai iya gabatar da kasafin kudi ga wadanda ba su yi murabus ba, nada alkalai manya da shugabannin kotunan al’ada, da kuma tantance kwamishinoni, ciki har da babban lauyan jihar, da kuma nada mambobin hukumar.”
Kotun ta kuma yanke hukuncin cewa karar masu shigar da kara ta nemi tilasta wa gwamnan sake gabatar da kasafin kudin shekara ta 2024 ga tsoffin mambobi 27 da suka yi murabus, ba ta da tushe kuma an yi watsi da ita. An kuma yanke hukuncin cewa an yi watsi da karar tare da biyan kuÉ—i N500,000 ga wadanda ake tuhuma.
A halin yanzu, Fubara ya sanya hannu kan dokar kasafin kudin shekara ta 2024 mai kimanin N1.18 tiriliyan a fadar gwamnatin jihar a Port Harcourt a ranar Alhamis. A watan Disamba 2023, Fubara ya gabatar da kasafin kudin shekara ta 2024 ga mambobi biyar na majalisar dokokin jihar karkashin jagorancin Edison Ehie. Tun daga 2023, majalisar dokokin Jihar Rivers ta kasance cikin rikici saboda rikicin da ke tsakanin Fubara da Wike, ministan babban birnin tarayya (FCT).
