The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has slammed the Federal Government over its threat to declare a state of emergency in Anambra State due to the unprecedented insecurity in the State.
Anambra has, in the past couple of weeks, been engulfed in killings and torching of properties and State facilities.
The State and the people are on edge. The fear is that it might affect the conduct of the November 6, 2021 Governorship election.
But the Federal Government, on Wednesday, October 6, says nothing is capable of stopping the election. Speaking through the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, the FG said it would consider declaring a state of emergency in Anambra State if the insecurity continues.
A state of emergency would mean the removal of the Governor, and the appointment of a Sole Administrator to oversee the affairs of the State.
The PDP has cried foul, and asked the Federal Government to perish the thought. The party, in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, accused the FG of fuelling the insecurity in the State for a purpose.
It said the declaration of a state of emergency is part of it, to enable the APC rig the upcoming election, and win the Governorship seat through what it called “a back door.”
Following is the full text of the Statement:
Perish Contemplations of State of Emergency In Anambra, PDP Cautions FG
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cautions the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government to perish every contemplations of imposing a state of emergency in Anambra state ahead of the November 6 governorship election.
“The PDP holds that the reported move to foist an emergency rule in Anambra state is a ploy by the APC-led government to suppress the people, manipulate the process and rig the governorship election for the APC and its candidate.
“Our party demands that the APC and its administration should come clean on their roles in the sudden rise in insecurity in Anambra state ahead of the election.
“This demand is predicated on apprehensions in the public space that the spate of insecurity in Anambra is contrived to heighten tension in the state so as to derail the democratic process to the advantage of the APC.
“The PDP insists that the Federal Government has the capacity to ensure peace in Anambra before, during and even after the election, if it so desired. We therefore invite the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC Federal Government to be guided accordingly.
“Our party also charges the people of Anambra state to remain calm and alert as well as take steps within the ambits of the law to resist plots by the APC to derail the electoral process in its inordinate ambition to seize Anambra through the back door.”
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Anambra State, has also condemned the idea of a state of emergency in the State.
During the President Olusegun Obasanjo Government, he declared a state of emergency in both Plateau and Ekiti States.
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