On Wednesday, the Rivers State Government said it uncovered plots by some ''disgruntled elements'' to impose an emergency rule on the state.
The government said some citizens of the state residing in Abuja were planning to cause a breakdown of law and order in the state to force the declaration of a state of emergency.
The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, in a statement released today May 20, said such persons started making such attempts from 2015.
Read the statement below:
“The Rivers State Government has uncovered plans by some citizens of the State who reside in Abuja to cause a breakdown of law and order in order to declare a State of Emergency. These persons whose attempts to declare State of Emergency in the State since 2015 have never succeeded because of God's intervention.
They did everything within their powers to ensure that the 2019 Governorship Election results were not announced but also failed. As the build up for the 2023 elections and jostle for Presidential and Vice-Presidential tickets is gathering momentum, they want to use COVID-19 to create a crisis as if the State is at war with the Federal Government.
They have decided to create unnecessary tension as if indigenes of Ahoada, Eleme and Port Harcourt are fighting with Northerners not to carry out their legitimate businesses".
