In a surprising turn of events, history is repeating itself in Nigerian politics. Back in 2013, former President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno State, which was met with strong opposition from then-opposition leader Bola Tinubu, now the President of Nigeria.
Fast-forward to the present, and President Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, prompting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reject the move, citing concerns about the suspension of the democratically elected governor, Egalitarian Voice reports.
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Nigeria: Tinubu – State of Emergency, a Dangerous Trend
Daily Trust (Abuja)
16 MAY 2013
By Nuruddeen M. Abdallah
Former Lagos State Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the imposition of emergency rule in three states is a dangerous trend in the art of governance and a deliberate ploy to subvert constitutional democracy.
He said in a statement from his media office yesterday that by declaring a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, President Jonathan has “intimidated and emasculated” the governors of these states.
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“The body language of the Jonathan administration leads any keen watcher of events with unmistakable conclusion of the existence of a surreptitious but barely disguised intention to muzzle the elected governments of these states for what is clearly a display of unpardonable mediocrity and diabolic partisanship geared towards 2015,” Tinubu said.
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