Emergency rule: You deceived Nigerians – ACN tells Jonathan

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Thursday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of not telling the truth when he said the democratic structures in the three states he declared a state of emergency would continue to function.

The party said the statement has turned out to be totally false as Mr. Jonathan is indeed in control of them.

The president had on Tuesday May 14, declared emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.

In a statement issued in Kaduna on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party quoted from the President’s speech during pronouncement that ”The details of this Proclamation will be transmitted to the National Assembly in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. But in the meantime, let me make it clear that within the purview of this Proclamation, the Governors and other political office holders in the affected states will continue to discharge their constitutional responsibilities.”

It said the gazette published by the Federal Government on the declaration showed that the President has stripped the political office holders of their constitutional responsibilities, thereby reversing the assurance he gave in his speech on the declaration.

ACN warned that unless “this despotic tendency is checked, nothing prevents the President, in the name of the ongoing fight against Boko Haram, from extending this power grab to other states that catch his fancy.”

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