Tinubu's suspension of Fubara sparks legal uproar, global appeal

A coalition of Nigerian legal professionals, under the banner Lawyers in Defence of Democracy, staged a protest this week, demanding the immediate restoration of democratic governance in Rivers State, following the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the state's House of Assembly. Led by their Country Director, Barrister Uche Chukwu Udeh Sylvester, the lawyers condemned the move by President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in the state, calling it unconstitutional and remini