The People’s Democratic Party, PDP Governors have frowned at the action of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over declaration of State of Emergency in Rivers State, suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and others.
National Beam gathered that for it, the party Governors’ Forum has said they will take legal action against the Federal Government, if it does not reverse the decree.
They further averred that it was unconstitutional and threatened Nigeria’s democratic principles.
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde had this to say,”I am glad that our great party, the PDP, is demonstrating the needed strength and leadership. The PDP Governors’ Forum rose from an emergency meeting where we unanimously decided to challenge the actions of President Tinubu in a court of competent jurisdiction. We cannot fold our hands and watch the democracy we built for almost three decades be trampled upon.
“I stand today to say that the declaration of the state of emergency in Rivers State and the suspension of the executive and legislative arms of government by the presidency is an illegality that right-thinking members of society must oppose.
“Our democratic tenets must never be trifled with, no matter our personal feelings and loyalties. This is the time to take a stand for fairness, equity and justice.
“I further call on Nigerians to speak out as the nation’s progress is threatened,’ Makinde stated’.
Adding his voice, the Deputy National Youth Leader of the party, Timothy Osadolor, speaking to Saturday Punch, asserted,”The President lacks the locus to suspend two elected arms of government; the legislature and executive in the state. There is no place in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that gives such powers.
“Has the President forgotten that the office is guided by law? Although he has the right to declare a state of emergency, there is nowhere it is stated that he can suspend officials. President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the past, and the governors still held the forte in their states.”
Also, the President of Niger Delta Youth Council, NDYC, Bene Mamamu, on Friday, expressed full support for the PDP Governors’ Forum in their resolve to challenge the state of emergency in court.
Mamamu alleged that the state of emergency declared on Rivers by the President “is an expression of his bias and hatred for the Niger Delta region.”
It would be recalled that President Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara; his deputy, Ngozi Odu; as well as members of the state House of Assembly for six months, and then appointed Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ibas (retd.) as the Sole Administrator of the state.
Since such declaration ,mixed reactions have continued to erupt from diverse quarters as par why the president will take such shocking step.
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