‘Attack On Democracy’, PDP Rejects Emergency Rule in Rivers

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticized the governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara, as the president of the state, for not having the constitutional authority to suspend him. &nbsp,

PDP spokesman Debo Ologunagba claimed Tinubu’s proclamation was in violation of the Constitution of 1999 in a statement released on Tuesday.

The unconstitutional suspension of the democratically elected governor of Rivers State, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and the appointment of an unelected individual, Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas (rtd), are, according to the PDP spokesman, an abrogation of the people’s right to choose their leader under the Constitution, according to President Tinubu.

Therefore, Mr. President’s action clearly resembles a state-capital attempt.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been bent on stoking the state’s crisis by creating a well-oiled plot to take control Rivers State, which will ultimately lead to the state’s truncation of democracy.

Read more about Tinubu’s declaration of state of emergency in rivers and Fubara suspension.

The PDP informs that the unwarranted enactment of emergency rule in Rivers State is a part of a larger, more vicious plot to decimate the opposition, establish a totalitarian one-Party system, and turn the nation into a fiefdom.

Without the need for the statutory approval of the National Assembly, the President has the exclusive authority to declare or carry out the declaration of an emergency in any case under Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution.

Source: Channels TV