The leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the state, alleging that there is a full-blown war there.
This is as the party called for the deployment of Armed soldiers to strategic locations in the state to forestall the breakdown of law and order.
The APC Caretaker Committee Chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, made the call during a media briefing in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
According to him, there were clear indices of lawlessness in the state orchestrated by none state actors, “and if this scenario is not assuaged now, it will be too late”.
Speaking on the ongoing crisis, Okocha explained that the controversial Law No 2 of 2024 was not targeted at elongating the tenure of the outgone Chairmen but for future considerations.
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“Rivers State is at war. And the dramatis personae who are responsible for the mayhem that has claimed lives are known.
“The governor is helpless, the police are helpless. Therefore the APC in Rivers State is calling for a state of emergency in Rivers State as a way of taming the mayhem, and the upsurge that is going on in the state.
“I call on the federal government to act fast in this regard,” he stated.
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