APPEAL COURT RESERVES JUDGMENT ON RIVERS ALLOCATION CASE
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has reserved judgment in a suit filed by Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara to overturn the ruling that prevented the Central Bank of Nigeria from releasing monthly allocations to Rivers State.
At the proceedings, the three-judge special panel reserved judgment in the case following the adoption of the parties’ submissions.
Fubara, in his appeal, urged the Justice Hamma Barka-led panel to overturn the lower court’s judgment, arguing for the vacating of the order barring state allocations.
The panel also consolidated five other appeals arising from the original high court decision
Justice Barka announced that judgment would be reserved and communicated at a later date to the parties involved.