The leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the state, saying there is a escalating war there.
The APC Caretaker Committee Chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, made the call during a media briefing in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
He stated, “Rivers State is at war. And the main characters who are responsible for the mayhem that has claimed lives are known.
He further said the Governor is helpless, the police bias helpless. Therefore the APC in Rivers State is calling for a state of emergency in Rivers State as a way of taming the crisis, and the upsurge that is going on in the state.
“I call on the federal government to act fast in this regard.” Chief Tony Okocha emphasised.
The Local Government Law No. 2, 2024, has already outlawed the use of caretaker committee chairmen, so if by tomorrow, Thursday, June 20, 2024, the court gives its ruling in favour of the chairmen, are we going to have two chairmen in each local government?”
Chief Tony Okocha made the call after Governor Siminalayi Fubara swore in caretaker committee chairmen for the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers.
The former chairmen whose tenure ended on Monday had argued that they had the right to continue in office for six months in line with the amended Local Government Law.
The loyalist of Rivers House of Assembly loyal to Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, had amended the law on the grounds that Fubara failed to conduct local government election.
But speaking at a press conference in Port Harcourt, the state capital, The Governor Fubara said, ”The law on local government tenure is straightforward. The court clearly affirmed the position of the law. The law is the law, there is no extension of the local government tenure in it. The court said so.”
Political experts have described the ongoing developments in Rivers as a battle ground test for the camps of Former Governor Wike and and Seating Governor Fubara.
sources:Daily trust news paper
punch news paper
No comments:
Post a Comment