‘It’s an absurd political manipulation by FG’, NNPP reacts to Tinubu’s State of Emergency in Rivers

The management of the New Nigeria Peoples Celebration (NNPP) on Wednesday, March 19, condemned the State of Emergency declared on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu.

The get together additionally described the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and elected lawmakers of the State Home of Meeting as “an absurd political determination and a really harmful precedent”.

In an announcement issued by its spokesperson, Ladipo Johnson, the opposition get together stated the president’s motion over the political disaster within the state is unconstitutional.

In line with Ladipo, the president wants to instantly rescind on his determination as he was wrongly suggested in regards to the points in Rivers State.

He additionally described the motion of President Tinubu as a presidential coup in opposition to an elected authorities of the Rivers State.

Alleging that if not for the president’s and the Federal Authorities’s curiosity within the state, a greater answer to the political disaster within the state ought to have been adopted.

Johnson stated, “It’s clearly a harmful precedent, which may solely be interpreted as an absurd political manipulation by the federal authorities.

“Why the push to proclaim a state of emergency with out fulfilling the circumstances required by regulation? Doesn’t the president’s motion undermine the rule of regulation he emphasised in his speech?

“Hasn’t he, by this rash motion, proven that he doesn’t totally perceive the long-term implications or possess the requisite abilities wanted to control a posh nation like Nigeria? Or is that this about his get together’s much-touted political pursuits in Rivers State forward of 2027?” Johnson queried.

Stating that the motion was a part of the warning the NNPP had given to Nigerians in opposition to voting the All Progressives Congress and Tinubu into energy, Johnson stated there’s want for the president to reverse his determination.

He additionally stated that the identical type of state of affairs nearly performed out in Kano State following the Emirate disaster that rocked the state.

“This type of motion is what the NNPP had warned Nigerians and the folks of Kano in opposition to when it noticed comparable maneuvers orchestrated by sure forces in the course of the Emirate disaster.

“However for the maturity of the governor and the great folks of Kano State, who averted being tricked into taking their resistance onto the streets, the identical state of affairs may need performed out, resulting in an unjustifiable declaration of a state of emergency in Kano State,” Johnson famous.