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BREAKING: ‘Power grabber’ – Amaechi blasts Tinubu for removing Fubara, Rivers lawmakers
BREAKING: ‘Power grabber’ – Amaechi blasts Tinubu for removing Fubara, Rivers lawmakersBREAKING: ‘Power grabber’ – Amaechi blasts Tinubu for removing Fubara, Rivers lawmakers

Amaechi Condemns Suspension of Governor Fubara, Others, Calls It an Attack on Democracy

Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has strongly criticized President Bola Tinubu’s decision to suspend Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly following the declaration of a state of emergency in the state.

The move, announced in a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, has sparked widespread debate and condemnation from various political stakeholders.

Reacting to the development, Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State, described the suspension of elected officials as unconstitutional and reckless. He argued that such a decision undermines democracy and disregards due process.

The statement reads, “a democratically elected State Governor cannot be removed from office by a proclamation of Mr President.
“The suspension of two key democratically elected arms of Government in Rivers State by Mr President evidently violates our Constitution, even within the scope and interpretation of Section 305 that the President cited in his broadcast.
“The unlawful suspension of elected democratic institutions in my dear Rivers State points to a brazen attempt at power grab in the State by forces and persons who do not have such Constitutional powers.
“The unfolding events in Rivers State in the past months, points to a clear orchestrated plot by some persons to unconstitutionally perpetrate and impose themselves on the people.
“At this inauspicious moment in our nation’s trajectory, all people of goodwill and conscience should rise to oppose this audacious violation of our Constitution and rape of our democracy. Mr President must be made to know and understand in unmistakable terms that this illegality cannot stand.
“Politicians across divides should speak up; rise to halt our nation’s descent into totalitarianism. State Governors and Legislators should speak up now.  I urge the National Assembly to reject this illegality.
“The suspension is a very dangerous affront on Nigeria’s Constitution and democracy”.
Agbenu James

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