Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has strongly criticized President Bola Tinubu’s decision to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State, describing it as an act of political manipulation and bad faith
Atiku accused Tinubu of being a partisan player in the state’s crisis, arguing that his refusal or deliberate failure to prevent the situation from escalating is disgraceful. He also expressed concern that under Tinubu’s leadership, the Niger Delta has returned to a period of violent unrest, undoing the peace efforts made by late President Umaru Yar’Adua.
Tinubu had declared a state of emergency in Rivers following the state’s prolonged political crisis, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and the State House of Assembly for six months.
He justified the move by citing a breakdown in governance, saying no responsible leader would stand by without taking action.
He wrote: ”
The declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State reeks of political manipulation and outright bad faith.
Anyone paying attention to the unfolding crisis knows that Bola Tinubu has been a vested partisan actor in the political turmoil engulfing Rivers. His blatant refusal or calculated negligence in preventing this escalation is nothing short of disgraceful.
Beyond the political scheming in Rivers, the brazen security breaches that led to the condemnable destruction of national infrastructure in the state land squarely on the President’s desk.
Tinubu cannot evade responsibility for the chaos his administration has either enabled or failed to prevent.
It is an unforgivable failure that under Tinubu’s watch, the Niger Delta has been thrown back into an era of violent unrest and instability — undoing the hard-won peace secured by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua. Years of progress have been recklessly erased in pursuit of selfish political calculations.
If federal infrastructure in Rivers has been compromised, the President bears full responsibility. Punishing the people of Rivers State just to serve the political gamesmanship between the governor and @officialABAT’s enablers in the federal government is nothing less than an assault on democracy and must be condemned in the strongest terms. -AA”
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