Rivers: State of emergency condemnable, we demand accountability – CUPP

John Alechenu

Abuja: The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), has welcomed the termination of the authorities of exigency imposed connected Rivers State.

It nevertheless powerfully condemned its declaration successful the archetypal place. The radical described the concern arsenic an egregious enactment of national overreach and a nonstop battle connected Nigeria’s antiauthoritarian principles.

CUPP’s National Secretary, Chief Peter Ameh said this successful Abuja connected Wednesday.

He noted that the suspension of the elected governor, lawman governor, and the Rivers State House of Assembly for six months implicit a governmental quality was an unconstitutional powerfulness drawback that ne'er should person occurred.

Ameh said, “CUPP firmly believes that ideology thrives connected the volition of the radical and the independency of institutions, not done arbitrary suspensions oregon statesmanlike proclamations.

“President Bola Tinubu’s invocation of a authorities of exigency connected March 18, 2025, citing a feud betwixt Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Minister Nyesom Wike, alongside isolated incidents of pipeline vandalism, failed to conscionable the law requirements nether Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution.

“This action, executed without the petition of elected authorities officials, undermined the mandate of Rivers State voters and acceptable a unsafe precedent for the erosion of authorities autonomy successful Nigeria’s federation.

“We request contiguous transparency from the Presidency. The ineligible memo justifying this emergency, the fiscal costs incurred, and a broad reappraisal of the rights violated during this play indispensable beryllium published without delay. Nigerians merit clarity to reconstruct spot successful our governance system.

“CUPP questions the justness of this episode. The six months stripped from Governor Fubara’s tenure and the authorities assembly’s operations cannot beryllium reclaimed, representing a wide usurpation of law provisions connected elected terms.

“By assuming unchecked authority, President Tinubu has acted arsenic a ‘Proclaimer General,’ threatening the antiauthoritarian equilibrium of our federation.

“We are profoundly disappointed by the Supreme Court’s refusal to perceive the lawsuit brought by PDP governors challenging the emergency.

“This nonaccomplishment to uphold law authorization allowed an amerciable enactment to persist, exposing the Court’s complicity successful prioritizing governmental interests implicit the regularisation of law.

“Such hypocrisy weakens the judiciary’s credibility and endangers Nigeria’s antiauthoritarian foundation.

“CUPP calls connected each Nigerians—political parties, civilian society, and citizens—to cull this unsafe precedent and support our democracy.

“The volition of the people, expressed done escaped and just elections, indispensable stay sacrosanct.

“History volition justice this occurrence arsenic either a fleeting misstep oregon the opening of a descent toward authoritarianism.

“We impulse the authorities to recommit to law governance and guarantee specified overreach is ne'er repeated.”

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