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The elders added that President Bola Tinubu does not have the powers to overrule the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction.

Some Rivers elders have rejected the outcome of President Tinubu's mediation in the political crisis in the state.

Rising from an emergency meeting of Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum held 19 December, 2023 in response to the intervention and directives of the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the current political crisis in Rivers State , the members have rejected the agreement as illegal and unconstitutional

Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum (RELF), has said the resolutions reached and subsequent directives issued after Monday’s peace parley on the political crisis

Rivers Elders and Leaders have rejected the outcome of President Bola Tinubu's intervention in the political crisis rocking the State. The elders and

“Our fathers fought for the creation of Rivers State, we will stand to defend it. When injustice and criminality become law and a way of life in the polity, resistance becomes a duty”.

An official of the Rivers state government, Joseph Johnson, has said Governor Siminialayi Fubara truly wants peace, reason he signed a resolution with Tinubu.

In a fresh bid to arrest the lingering political impasse in Rivers State, President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, struck a deal among the stakeholders in the state.

The Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum (RELF) has said that the resolutions and subsequent directives issued after Monday's peace parley on the political crisis

The Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum has said any plot to impeach the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, will be outrightly rejected. Naija News reports