President Bola Tinubu has been dragged earlier than the Federal Excessive Court docket in Port Harcourt over the controversial Rivers State native authorities elections held on August 30, 2025.
In a go well with filed on September 11, 2025 (No. FHC/PH/CS/173/2025), lawyer Clifford Nnanta Chuku is asking the courtroom to nullify the polls and declare unconstitutional the Emergency Powers Regulation launched by Tinubu to information the elections.
Chuku argued that the regulation, which suspended components of the Electoral Act 2022 and Rivers State electoral legal guidelines, violated the structure and undermined democracy.
Chuku argued that the President’s choice to droop components of the legislation for the Rivers elections was unconstitutional and amounted to overreach.
The go well with lists Tinubu, the Federal Authorities, the Lawyer Normal of the Federation, the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC), and the Rivers State Unbiased Electoral Fee (RSIEC) as defendants.
The important thing points earlier than the courtroom are whether or not the regulation illegally restricted the democratic rights of Rivers individuals, and whether or not RSIEC’s discover for the election met the required authorized timelines.
Chuku is searching for a courtroom order putting down the regulation, voiding the August 30 polls, and compelling RSIEC to conduct recent elections in full compliance with the Electoral Act.
The Federal Excessive Court docket has mounted October 21, 2025, for listening to.
Authorized analysts say the case might form future limits of presidential powers in election issues.
