APC Chieftain Backs Call For Emergency Rule In Rivers

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has supported calls by the party’s governorship candidate, Tonye Cole, for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state.

He said calls for emergency rule was justifiable due to the high level of insecurity, financial sleaze, manifest corruption and deplorable state of public infrastructure in health, education and other critical sectors.

Eze, in a statement made available to LEADERSHIP in Port Harcourt yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to expedite action on the call for the declaration of emergency rule in the state.

He appealed to President Buhari to expedite action in that regard, stressing that the rule of law and democracy have been stifled and those who society consider as law keepers have been swayed by money and turned law breakers at the glare of the world.

“With the help of the police which has been annexed to the Governor’s office, Wike has turned his misery into a daily distraction to other political parties in Rivers State.

“He is kneeling on the neck of opposition political parties in the state through obnoxious orders and prohibitions which clearly contravene provisions of the Electoral Act and more particularly, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“The state is run like a banana island with the governor glaringly usurping federal laws and evidently suppressing perceived political opponents in the pursuit of his selfish private vendetta.”