Rivers emergency rule: Atiku’s aide predicts fate of other governors Tinubu no longer needs

• Ademola Olarewaju, an adjutant to Atiku Abubakar, has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a authorities of exigency successful Rivers state
• Olarewaju criticised President Tinubu for suspending Governor Fubara and siding with the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike
• Speaking exclusively with Legit.ng, Olarewaju explained however Tinubu's actions threatened ideology and different governors' positions who bash not align with his governmental agenda

Legit.ng writer Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.

Ademola Olarewaju, peculiar adjunct to Atiku Abubakar connected integer media strategy, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency successful Rivers state, describing it arsenic a "constitutional overreach."

Olarewaju accused Tinubu of governmental bias and warned that the determination signals a unsafe precedent that could endanger different governors' positions successful the future.

Atiku's adjutant reacts arsenic Tinubu suspends Fubara and declares authorities of exigency successful Rivers state. Photo credit: Atiku Abubakar, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Legit.ng reported that Tinubu declared a authorities of exigency successful Rivers connected Tuesday, March 18, citing governmental tensions and information concerns.

The declaration led to the suspension of Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers governor, his deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu, and each members of the authorities House of Assembly.

Tinubu appointed Ibok-Ete Ibas arsenic the sole head to oversee the state’s affairs for six months.

To marque matters much interesting, Lateef Fagbemi, the curate of justness and attorney-general of the federation, connected Wednesday, March 19, absolved Nyesom Wike, the curate of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of immoderate wrongdoing successful the protracted governmental situation successful Rivers state.

Fagbemi clarified that Wike, the contiguous past politician of Rivers state, played nary relation successful the governmental situation that led to the authorities of exigency declaration by President Bola Tinubu connected Tuesday, March 18.

What Tinubu’s determination means for different governors

In an exclusive interrogation with Legit.ng on Sunday, March 23, Ademola Olarewaju, Atiku's aide, powerfully condemned the move, adding that it was a menace to ideology and different governors’ information successful office.

Fubara's suspension by Tinubu has raised respective arguable opinions. Photo credit: Sir Siminalayi Fubara, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Olarewaju told Legit.ng that:

"It was perfectly an overreach. The information concern successful Rivers State was not unmanageable oregon retired of the power of Governor Fubara oregon the President himself moving done Fubara, to person warranted the statesmanlike coup connected ideology via a State of exigency declaration.""It was moreover a law overreach arsenic the constitution did not envisage it to beryllium utilized successful immoderate concern of one-sided governmental quality successful which Tinubu himself had taken sides against the radical of Rivers state. "In immoderate case, a wide connection has present been sent to different Governors that Tinubu whitethorn beryllium coming aft their seats by extra-constitutional means erstwhile helium nary longer needs them. It not lone exposes Tinubu's inability to usage his formerly assumed sagacity to resoluteness disputes, it besides exposes that helium wants to beryllium a tyrant truthful badly."

Read much astir Rivers exigency regularisation here:

• Rivers exigency rule: “What Wike stands to payment from Tinubu’s declaration,” Top expert speaks
• Rivers exigency rule: “What Tinubu’s declaration volition origin successful Niger Delta region,” expert speaks
• Rivers exigency rule: Reno Omokri reacts arsenic ex-presidential adjutant calls for Tinubu’s impeachment
• PDP governors cull Tinubu's suspension of Fubara

Atiku asks Nigerians to defy authorities of emergency

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that erstwhile Vice-President Atiku Abubakar connected Thursday, March 20, asked Nigerians to basal up and support the country’s ideology by resisting the exigency rule imposed successful Rivers authorities by President Bola Tinubu.

The erstwhile vice-president spoke successful Abuja astatine a property league of acrophobic governmental leaders.

According to him, it is not lone the work of the absorption parties to support ideology but the work of everyone to cull the “brazen assault” connected the elected authorities successful Rivers.

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Source: Legit.ng