Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has criticised the recent Supreme Court ruling that ordered the suspension of federal allocations to local governments in Rivers State.

Frank described the judgment as a calculated move to destabilise Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s administration and pave the way for the APC to take control of the state.

In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, Frank labeled the ruling as a “gross miscarriage of justice” and accused the judiciary of being compromised.

He called on Nigerians and the international community to hold President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, responsible for any unrest that may result from the decision.

Frank denounced the ruling as “the most fraudulent judgment ever delivered in Nigeria’s history,” arguing that it was not based on legal merit but rather on political interests.

“How can the Supreme Court give this kind of anti-truth, anti-God, inhuman, anti-justice, and compromised judgment that is obviously meant to give the opposition APC the leeway to take over Rivers State?” he questioned.

The political activist, who also serves as the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Ambassador to East Africa and the Middle East, insisted that the 27 lawmakers at the center of the crisis had illegally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC and no longer had legitimate authority in the state legislature.

According to Frank, the court’s decision to suspend local government allocations is a deliberate attempt to weaken Fubara’s administration by financially starving the state.

He claimed that the APC-led federal government was using the judiciary to advance its political agenda in Rivers.

“We make bold to say that everybody knows that the suspended 27 lawmakers from River State illegally defected from PDP to APC, and despite this kangaroo judgment, they are no more members of the Rivers State House of Assembly,” he alleged.

“By giving order to withhold the local government allocation to Rivers State is to weaken and undermine the Siminalayi Fubara’s administration and using the order of court to starve the people of Rivers State that voted Fubara to power.”

He further criticised Tinubu for allegedly ignoring the judicial overreach and failing to intervene despite his proclaimed commitment to democracy.

Frank accused the administration of empowering the suspended lawmakers to push for Fubara’s impeachment in a bid to seize control of the state government.

Despite the legal and political crisis, Frank urged Rivers residents to remain resolute in their support for Fubara.

He called on them to mobilize and resist any attempts to subvert democracy in the state, stressing that the governor was fighting to protect Rivers’ resources and uphold constitutional governance.