Nigeria, May 10 -- President Bola Tinubu has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the suit filed by some states controlled by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors challenging his suspension of all the elected officials of Rivers State under an emergency rule.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Tinubu, on 18 March, declared the state of emergency and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and all the state lawmakers.

The president immediately appointed Ibok-Ete Ibas as the sole administrator of the oil-rich state.

Irked by the suspension of Governor Fubara and other elected officials in the state, the 11 states filed the suit to challenge the president's action.

They include Adamawa State led by Governor Ahmadu Fint...