The National Chairman of the Action Democratic Party ADP), Sani Yabagi, believes President Bola Tinubu illegally suspended Governor Sim Fubara and Rivers State House of Assembly after imposing emergency rule in the state last Tuesday.

Yabagi stressed that such moves by the president are aimed at rigging the 2027 elections by ensuring he cripples the opposition ahead of the race.

Asked what he felt when he heard of the imposition of emergency rule, Yabagi said on a television programme, “I believe the president is the number 1 chief security officer of the country; he has the constitutional right to ensure that this country is governed in a peaceful manner, but what has happened to me portrays the president in a very bad light.

“If you look at that speech, he didn’t act presidential because a president is supposed to act in the interest of all parties. “Everybody in the world is aware of what was happening between Governor Fubara and Tinubu’s FCT Minister, Wike.

“Although his speech relied on the Constitution, he failed to exhaust all the provisions of the Constitution, which was to guarantee all the provisions of democracy that we have. But he didn’t live up to expectations.

“The Constitution that he referred to made provision for when you have a situation when the House of Assembly is incapacitated; the National Assembly is given the right to take up the functions of the State House of Assembly.

“In this particular case, what we have seen played out was even when Governor Fubara agreed to follow the judgment of the Supreme Court, he was ready to present his budget to the House of Assembly; they locked him out.

“Which means it is not Fubara that is creating the crisis that Mr. President is referring to.

‘Despotic leader’



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