Nigeria, April 19 -- Chairpersons of all eight branches of the Nigerian Bar Association in Rivers State have blamed the Rivers Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, for the relocation of the NBA 2025 Annual General Conference from the state to Enugu State by its national body.

The NBA national leadership moved the conference, which was earlier scheduled for Port Harcourt, to Enugu in Enugu state in protest against the state of emergency in the oil-rich state.

The group described the emergency rule as a violation of the Nigerian Constitution, adding that the president lacks the power to remove elected officials from office.

President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers last month and suspended all elected officials, includi...