PDP governors urges Tinubu to reverse state of emergency declaration in Rivers

The forum of PDP governors has sent a message of solidarity to the governor of Rivers State, Simi Fubara over what they described as aberration to democracy.

In a statement by the forum, the governors accused President Tinubu of taking side with Minister of Abuja, Nyesom Wike.

“Mr. President , your silence on the active role played by your Minister of the FCT in the Rivers impasse is golden and enabling. He has become a law unto himself because he was playing out your script. Now we know. – PDP Governors response to suspension of Fubara.”

The forum chairman, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State said “We stand in solidarity with His Excellency , Governor Sir Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and the good people of Rivers State at this very difficult and trying moment of the state’s political history. There is no other time that our philosophy of “TOUCH ONE TOUCH ALL” is more apt than now.

“He who goes to the court of equity must go with clean hands. Mr. President , your silence on the active role played by your Minister of the FCT in the Rivers impasse is golden and enabling. He has become a law unto himself because he was playing out your script. Now we know. This is totally unstatemanly, biased, and divisive.

“We state categorically that this unwarranted but premeditated attack on Rivers State and the Peoples Democratic Party and other opposition parties is today, the greatest threat to democracy in our dear country, Nigeria and it is an ill wind that will blow no one any good. It is a dangerous course of action that will not only endanger our hard won democracy, but will exacerbate the crises in the nation, deepen mistrust, elevate security threats, destroy the economy, and our national cohesion and stability.”

The forum thank the Nigerian Bar Association for declaring the act of the president null and void.