The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers PDP says it is an “unconstitutional power grab” aimed at dismantling democracy in the region.
The opposition party, in a Tuesday press statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, rejected what it described as an “outright violation” of the 1999 Constitution and an attempt to impose an unelected government on the people of Rivers State.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and indeed, Nigerians listened with dismay to the national broadcast by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in which the President, in utter violation of the 1999 Constitution, pronounced an imposition of a state of emergency in Rivers State.”.PDP says it is an “unconstitutional power grab” aimed at dismantling democracy in the region.
‘For emphasis, Governor Fubara was democratically elected for a tenure of four years which tenure cannot be unconstitutionally abridged,” Ologunagba stated.
The PDP vowed to resist any attempt to subvert democracy in Rivers State and urged all democratic forces, civil society organizations, and Nigerians to rise against what it called “a dangerous precedent.”
“Nigeria is not under a military rule where the governance of a state is by appointment by a junta,” it concluded.
With the House of Representatives set to deliberate on “Tinubu’s emergency rule request on Wednesday, March 19, 2025,” all eyes are on the National Assembly as the nation braces for what could be a major constitutional showdown
