Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will head a group of political figures in a press conference today at 10:00 AM at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Center in Abuja.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
The conference will discuss President Bola Tinubu’s announcement of a state of emergency in Rivers State, which was made public on his X handle by Atiku’s special adviser on broadcast media, Abdul Rasheed Shehu. In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday night, President Tinubu declared that all members of the State House of Assembly, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy Ngozi Odu would be suspended for six months, and that retired Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (Rtd.) would serve as the state’s sole administrator.
The proclamation must be ratified by the National Assembly in order for it to become legally binding, but neither the Senate nor the House of Representatives discussed the issue on Wednesday. Tinubu’s decision must receive a two-thirds majority approval in both chambers today. The decision has caused controversy, with political analysts and legal experts arguing that the Nigerian Constitution does not grant the president the authority to remove an elected governor through an emergency declaration.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
