The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has vowed to challenge the declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State by Chief Bola Tinubu.
The decision, which led to the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and members of the State House of Assembly, has sparked strong opposition from the PDP governors.
In a statement signed by its chairman, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, the forum condemned the move and called on the Tinubu to reverse his decision.
The governors accused Tinubu of bias, alleging that he ignored the role of his Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in the state’s political crisis.
The statement partly read, “We stand in solidarity with Governor Siminalayi Fubara 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.”
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The Governors also stressed” The Forum completely aligns itself with the position of the NBA and promises to subject Section 305 (3) of the Constitution to judicial interpretation. This authoritarian shenanigan is unacceptable and cannot stand.
“Mr President is therefore called upon to listen to wise counsel and the voice of reason, as well as accept that he made grevious mistakes and acted in haste, and reverse this atrocious and retrograde decision before it is too late,” the statement added.
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