The Senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi, has said that President Tinubu acted fast to save Nigeria’s economy by declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State.

He also said it was the proper thing to do to suspend the political actors in the two factions to allow for tensions to diffuse.

Karimi, in a statement on Friday in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, said that the President acted in the best interest of the state and Nigeria, having taken his decision in compliance with the constitution.

He said, “President Bola Tinubus’s decision to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State have wider political and economic safeguards for both the state and the county at large.

“No President or government worth its name, will fold its arms and watch a political situation deteriorate to what we saw in Rivers State. We saw that bombing of pipelines had begun, and the security situation was getting worse with the tension everywhere.”

He recalled the “fatherly role” Tinubu had played in the crisis since 2023 in a bid to get the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, to reach an understanding, but to no avail.

He explained, “We were all here in 2023 when Mr President called that truce meeting at the Aso Rock Villa. There was an eight-point agenda for settlement reached between the factions.

“When Nigerians expected that progress should be made to achieve peace, things started deteriorating considerably to a point where the governor demolished the House of Assembly building and administered the state with only three legislators.”

Karimi observed that with the recent judgment of the Supreme Court, which gave the upper hand to the 27 lawmakers loyal to the camp of the FCT minister, matters merely got worse in the state as the lawmakers were set to impeach the governor.

“What did you expect would be the implications? There would have been more destruction, killings and economic losses for the country.



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