Declaring a state of emergency will not work in Rivers and Ekiti states, EKITI State Governor Ayo Fayose said, in reaction to speculations that the Federal Government might impose state of emergency in the states.
Stressing that power has gone back to the people, the governor urged political leaders to beware of the actions they take in office, which, he said, might hunt them in the future.
He addressed State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on the sideline of the National Economic Council (NEC) retreat.
[quote_box_center]Fayose said he had been waiting for President Muhammadu Buhari to declare state of emergency in Ekiti State. Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, at the weekend, said some people were creating problems in his state to make the Federal Government impose a state of emergency.[/quote_box_center]
We have been waiting for them. Power has gone beyond the leaders; power has gone back to the people. There are certain things leaders will do today, you will eat it tomorrow. On possible declaration of state of emergency in Rivers, Fayose said: “They have been insinuating that too in Ekiti.
“You want to declare a state of emergency? Declare it. We will tell you that the state of emergency will not work. This country belongs to all of us.”
The governor said such ploy would not work because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was more popular in the state.
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