The people of rivers state, write to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

The people of rivers state, write to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the emergency rule in rivers state, demanding a thorough investigation into who manufactured the ‘nonexistent conditions’ that ‘misled’ the president into declaring a state of emergency, which they said, has now plunged rivers state into a state of political uncertainty.In a letter signed by 24 concerned rivers people who express their utmost outrage and condemnation of the recent declaration of a state of emergency in rivers state and the subsequent suspension of:-1. the democratically elected Governor, His Excellency, Sir Siminalayi Fubara.2. Deputy Governor Professor Ngozi Odu.3. All elected Members of the rivers state House of Assembly.They argue that the President’s reason for the declaration failed to meet constitutional requirements and that any attempts by certain individuals to fabricate or create these conditions constitute a criminal act and a severe obstruction of justice.“in our view, this criminality should be treated as more serious than the underlying wrongful and false declaration of a state of emergency.We, the People of rivers state, hereby demand a thorough investigation into who manufactured the nonexistent conditions that misled you into declaring a state of emergency, which has now plunged rivers state into a state of political uncertainty.” - they said.They therefore demand that for immediate rescind of the declaration of emergency and restore Governor Fubara and his Deputy to their rightful positions alongside all that constitutes civil governance that have broken down in rivers state as a consequence.