In a video shared by Channels Television, Tony Okocha, Chairman of the Rivers State APC Caretaker Committee, emphasized that the recent takeover of local governments in Rivers State by hoodlums was not spontaneous but rather a carefully planned event.
He pointed out that Governor Fubara’s expression of hopelessness regarding the crisis underscores the urgent need for federal government intervention.
Okocha questioned whether the authorities must wait until all Rivers people are killed or harmed before decisive action is taken. He advocated for declaring a state of emergency as the necessary step to resolve the escalating crisis.
According to him, “So where do we go from here? Must we wait until all Rivers people are dismembered? Must we wait until they kill all our people before the federal government will weigh in? Even the governor himself has expressed hopelessness.
When he came out of that meeting yesterday, what he announced was that the head of the local government should take over, but he was surprised that the local government has already been taken over, and I can tell that the takeover of the local government by hoodlums was not spontaneous; it was planned over time….Discover More
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