Ikwerre Chiefs Flay APC’s Call For Emergency Rule

L-R: Deputy Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Segun Adewunmi; Chairman, House Committee on Information, Youth and Sports, Mr Gboyega Aribisogun and Mr Samuel Omotosho at the news conference in Ibadan on the Political crisis in Ekiti State, recently

The Ikwerre Chiefs
and Elders Forum have condemned the recent call for declaration of state of emergency in Rivers State by the All Progressive Congress (APC), describing it as mischievous.
The co-ordinator of the forum, Prince Paul Wonodi, who made the call in an interview with journalists in Port Harcourt recently, said APC, after instigating violence and confusion during the last re-run legislative elections in the state, is now agitating for a stage of emergency in the state, adding that nothing has warranted a declaration of state of emergency.
Wonodi noted that Rivers State is peaceful and calm, and that if there is any violence it is the APC thugs that caused it as they try to hijack electoral materials.
According to him, “both visitors and indigenes alike in the state can testify that apart from the cult related activities, what happened during the elections was purely the manifestation of the APC’s plans in collaboration with their soldiers and thugs to cause tension and crises in order to call for a state of emergency.
He noted with dismay that the alleged violence and few killings in the state during the election cannot be compared to the ones recorded in the North-East of Nigeria where the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents killed innocent citizens at random and yet did not attract any state of emergency.
The co-ordinator used the forum to remind the people of Nigeria that there is no crisis in Rivers State and further called on the members of APC to allow peace to reign to attract more development in the state.