PDP Rejects Emergency Rule in Rivers State, says Tinubu lacks power to suspend elected governor

The main opposition party in Nigeria, the PDD has reacted to President Tinubu declaring state of emergency in Rivers.

In a statement, the party said it was dismayed by what it described as ” utter violation of the 1999 Constitution pronounced an imposition of a state of emergency in Rivers State.”

The party said it has rejected in strong voice”this attempt by the President to override the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and undermine the votes and Will of the people of Rivers State by seeking to depose a democratic government and foist an undemocratic rule in the State,” the statement said.

The opposition party accused the president of making attempt capture to state.

“It is the climax of a well-oiled plot to forcefully take over Rivers State for which the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been bent on stoking crisis to ensure that democracy is ultimately truncated in the State.”

The party also called on the newly appointed sole administrator to ignore the ‘attempt to use him him as against the provision of the constitution.”