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APC candidate Tonye Cole petitioned to overturn Fubara's victory in the March 2023 governorship election, calling over 40 witnesses to argue Fubara was not qualified to contest.

The Election Petition Tribunal, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court all dismissed Cole's petition and affirmed Fubara's election.

A Federal High Court ruling (October 2024) held that Fubara's presentation of the 2024 budget to a rump 4-5 member Assembly faction was unconstitutional; Fubara appealed, disputing which of the two rival Assembly factions (Amaewhule's 27-member pro-Wike group versus the smaller Oko-Jumbo-led faction he recognised) was legitimate.

The Supreme Court dismissed Fubara's appeal, recognised the Amaewhule-led 27-member faction as the valid Assembly, voided the October 2024 local government elections, and ordered a freeze on federal allocations to Rivers State until the budget was properly re-presented.

Seven (later reported as eleven) PDP-led states sued President Tinubu and the National Assembly, arguing the President had no constitutional power to suspend a democratically elected governor, deputy governor, and state legislature under the guise of a state of emergency.

A seven-member Supreme Court panel struck out the suit by a 6-1 majority for lack of competence, finding the states failed to establish an actionable dispute to activate the court's original jurisdiction — a procedural dismissal that left the underlying constitutional question about presidential emergency powers unresolved on the merits.

As part of the same Assembly-recognition dispute, the 27 pro-Wike lawmakers sought costs against Fubara personally for the litigation over their seats.

The Supreme Court ordered Fubara to personally pay ₦5 million in legal costs to the 27 lawmakers.