The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, declared on Sunday that the people of Rivers State are not ready to welcome an emergency rule in the state.
The state Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Samuel Nwanosike, while speaking with The Punch condemned the call by the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state for a state of emergency.
Nwanosike noted that the “pockets of violence” being experienced in some parts of the state was not enough for the APC to call for the installation of a state of emergency in Rivers.
The state Deputy Chairman of the APC, Prince Peter Odike, had urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in Rivers following the level of violence before and during the state and National Assembly rerun elections.
Odike, who used the killing of a corps member, Dumebi Okonta, during the exercise as an instance, said only an emergency rule in the state would bring peace to Rivers.
But Nwanosike said, “Rivers people are not ready for a state of emergency. An emergency rule is not necessary here and will not work here. President Muhammadu Buhari is an intelligent man, who would not be pushed to take a wrong decision.
“Rivers State is peaceful; it is just that a set of people are trying to cause crisis in order to call for a declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. But the security agencies are working round the clock to frustrate all these.
“The thought for an emergency rule in Rivers is not only foolish, it is useless. We have states that are facing more crises in the country and nobody has called for the imposition of emergency rule. Why Rivers?” Nwanosike queried.
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