The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of
the party in Rivers, Tony Okocha, made the call during a media briefing in Port
Harcourt on Wednesday, June 19.
“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 is helpless. Therefore the APC in Rivers
State is calling for a state of emergency in Rivers State as a way of taming
the mayhem, the upsurge that is going on in the state. I call on the federal
government to act fast in this regard.
The Local Government Law No. 2, 2024, has
already outlawed the use of caretaker committee chairmen, so if by tomorrow,
Thursday, June 20, 2024, the court gives its ruling in favour of the chairmen,
are we going to have two chairmen in each local government?”
Okocha made the call after Governor
Siminalayi Fubara swore in caretaker committee chairmen for the 23 Local
Government Areas of Rivers.
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