…urges opposition parties to reject it
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the Saturday Local Government election conducted by the Rivers State Independent National Electoral Commission (RSIEC) as “a travesty of elective democracy”.
Atiku, reacting to the results of the election conducted by the Interim Administration in River State, described it as “shameful” and urged opposition parties to “reject it”.
Atiku, writing on his X handle, noted that “yhe shameful and shambolic manner in which the occupation government went ahead to conduct Local Government elections in Rivers State, “it is clear that the ruling APC party is not leaving anyone in doubt that it is prepared to throw caution to the wind in order to achieve an inordinate political advantage.”
He called the attention of well-meaning Nigerians, international community and all friends and partners of Nigeria to the dangerous curve that the President Bola Tinubu’s Administration is taking the Country.
“I will also call on all opposition parties in Rivers State to reject the local government election on the premise that the occupation government that conducted the exercise is extraneous to our laws, with absolutely no legitimacy to undertake such a crucial and sensitive assignment”, Atiku noted.
The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, said he is also sharing his unflinching solidarity with the good people of Rivers State, who are currently victims of political brigandry to power cabal that is “bent on overturning their democratic rights at all cost.”
Recall that the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) had declared the local Government election held on Saturday as being “peaceful”.
The body went ahead to announce the results where the All Progressives Congress (APC).won 20 seats and People’s Democratic Party (PDP)n the ruling party in the State allocated three chairmanship seats.
