Rivers LG election: Powerful cabal bent on overturning democratic rights – Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday described the local government election in Rivers State as shameful.
Atiku said the election showed that a power cabal is bent on overturning the democratic rights of Rivers people at all costs.
In a post on X, he urged the opposition in the state to reject the results of the election because it was conducted by a government that is extant to the law.
He said: “The local government election conducted by the occupation government in Rivers State is an awful absurdity and a travesty to the very notion of elective democracy.
“By the shameful and shambolic manner in which the occupation government went ahead to conduct local government elections in Rivers State, it is clear that the ruling APC party is not leaving anyone in doubt that it is prepared to throw caution to the wind in order to achieve an inordinate political advantage.
“It therefore becomes necessary to call the attention of well-meaning Nigerians, the international community, and all friends and partners of Nigeria to the dangerous curve that the President Bola Tinubu regime is taking our dear country.
“I will also call on all opposition parties in Rivers State to reject the local government election on the premise that the occupation government that conducted the exercise is extraneous to our laws, with absolutely no legitimacy to undertake such a crucial and sensitive assignment.
“In the same breath, I wish to share my unflinching solidarity with the good people of Rivers State, who are currently victims of political brigandry by a power cabal which is bent on overturning their democratic rights at all costs.” – AA
Rivers LG election: Powerful cabal bent on overturning democratic rights – Atiku
