The Opposition Lawmakers Coalition in Nigeria have faulted ongoing moves to seize statutory allocations to Rovers state based on the order of an Abuja Federal High Court presided over by Justice Abdulmalik Joyce.

The Opposition Coalition, in a media conference by its national spokesperson, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, described the order as a case of judicial rascality that must not be condoned.

The lawmakers wondered why the court went ahead to issue such an order when the issues involved and surrounding the decamped pro-wike sacked lawmakers legitimacy are still pending at the Appeal Court and Supreme Court.

The Opposition Coalition declared the judgement a legal coup against the likely outcome of pending appeals at the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on the same subject matter.

They maintained that the order is unenforceable since it amounts to an attempt to unleash constitutional anarchy against a Federating State and independent branches of government that have constitutional responsibility to the people.

The lawmakers described the judgement as clear evidence that the Federal High Court has gone out of control and is willing to do anything to favour the undemocratic interest purportedly of the FCT Minister’s groups, to the extent of attempting to seize constitutional funds of a sovereign people in pursuit of the political interest of one man.

“How can a judge who knows very well that the decamped lawmakers have lost their seats still go ahead to order for the allocation to be seized in favour of those who have lost their seat while the issues are pending at different courts on whether they should be parading as lawmakers?” they queried.

“You want to use the Federal High Court to undermine democracy and constitutional governance. The issue of the legality of their decampment is still in court and you are rushing to order that budget be presented to them as who?

“How can you be aware that all the subject matters are before the Appeal Court and Supreme Court and you still went ahead to attempt to do harm and damage to innocent tax-paying people of Rivers who did nothing? The Supreme Court has ruled on the sanctity of the LGA and state allocation as a sovereign wealth of the people that can’t be seized, as such funds are constitutional and can only be spent on the authority of that state or LGA.

“So after generating oil revenue from the backyard of Rivers People, other states will take their own share home and the people that produced the revenue will starve to death because the Federal High Court wants to please the Pro Wike Group , and you think this will bring peace to the Niger Delta?

“The allocation is not a political fund or money meant for Gov. Fubara but official revenue of the entire people that covers their economic , health, security and welfare needs.

“Imagine a worker being denied his salary or monthly earning after working for 30 days; imagine oxygen been switched off from hospitals because one man wants to rain down anarchy and constitutional crisis just to attempt to capture the wealth of the people that does not belong to him by using the Federal High Court to overthrow the express provisions of the Constitution by attempting to seize their constitutional revenue.

“The opposition not only condemns the judgement that rubbished the Supreme Court’s exiting judgement that bars the federal government or any organ of the federal government from seizing any state or LGA allocation but will do everything legally and humanly possible to ensure that the controversial ruling is quashed.”