An activist and lawyer, Chetam Nwala, has accused president Bola Tinubu of having an ulterior motive before declaring a state of emergency in Rivers State early this year.
Nwala made this accusation on Tuesday during an interview on ‘The Morning Brief’, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST.
He further alleged that the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State was purely political and not about stabilizing the state.
DAILY POST recalls that President Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State in March this year, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy and members of the state House of Assembly.
“You remember, I have always stated, and I will keep mentioning that the declaration of emergency was purely political. It was not about stabilizing the state at all.
“It was a president trying to make sure that ambition for 2027 is being protected within the body of Rivers State. And of course, we have seen what has happened to the governor.
“The governor has been hoodwinked. And we have seen the governor who came back like a wounded and a defeated lion. Having returned back, he has now defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to work with the president.
“This was all because there was a state of emergency. This was all because the President had a 2027 ambition. So he didn’t care whether the Rivers economy was dying. His interest was to make sure that the governor comes to his party which they succeeded,” he said.