Ladies protest emergency rule in Rivers state

A crowd of ladies have staged a protest in opposition to President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers state.

They matched from Isaac Boro Park in Mile 1 to Garrison Junction alongside the Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway, inflicting obstruction of motion of the ever-busy highway.

The protesters underneath the platform of Rivers Ladies Unite Prayer Group mentioned the essence of the protest is to liberate Rivers from the state of emergency and restore the displaced democratic rule.

The protest, who have been led by Dr. Nancy Chidi Nwankwo, Tamunobelema D. West and Cynthia Amadi, defied police barricades alongside to cease the peaceable procession.

The ladies in a ready protest assertion signed by Dr. Nancy Chidi Nwankwo, referred to as on President Tinubu to urgently elevate the emergency rule and restore the democratically elected governor of the State, Sir Siminialayi Fubara

Nwankwo mentioned: “Ladies of Rivers, gathered for justice and democracy, and categorical whole rejection of the state of emergency declared over our beloved state. This imposition just isn’t pushed by any real risk to nationwide safety however clearly a politically motivated manoeuvre aimed toward subjugating our individuals and undermining our democracy.

“The overreach of the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd) is a evident indicator of the political conquest. His actions, which go far past the restricted powers of a placeholder, betray the impartiality anticipated of his workplace and reveal the actual intention behind this emergency rule, a calculated energy seize underneath the guise of nationwide curiosity.

“We discover it totally confounding that the federal authorities in Abuja, counting on conjecture and manufactured narratives, would select to descend with full weight of power on Rivers State, deploying a sledgehammer to kill a fly, whereas ignoring the dire safety emergencies ravaging states comparable to Borno, Yobe, Zamfara, Kaduna, Plateau, and Benue.

“If the Nationwide Meeting’s intention was actually to stop breakdown of legislation and order in Rivers, a state that has remained comparatively peaceable and has recorded no deadly incident, why has it didn’t take much more decisive motion in states the place chaos and bloodshed are each day occurrences?

“Rivers individuals, particularly ladies, are outraged by what’s quick changing into a twin system of legal guidelines in Nigeria, one for different states, and one other, unjust and repressive, for Rivers. We reject this blatant political invasion and the imposition of emergency rule in its entirety.”