The Coalition of Concerned Ijaw Stakeholders has condemned the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, describing it as a direct attack on the Ijaw people and an assault on Nigeria’s democracy.
Speaking during a press conference on Wednesday, in Abuja, the group’s convener, Mrs. Rosemary John-Oduone, President of ijaw women connect worldwide alleged that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu collaboration with the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, was using state security forces against Governor Siminalayi Fubara to force his defection and turn Nigeria into a one-party state.
Expressing outrage over the unfolding events, she stated, “This is a coup plotted against the region, and our elders were innocently ambushed and fell into that trap. The President charged our elders to go back and make peace with Wike and his godson, who happens to be our own son an Ijaw son ruling as the governor of Rivers State for the first time after 24 years of democracy in the state.”