Tinubu endangering Nigeria with Rivers LG polls ‘travesty’ — Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned Saturday’s local government elections in Rivers State, branding the exercise “shameful” and “shambolic.”

Reacting to the polls, which were swept by the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of steering the country toward danger.

In a statement issued Sunday, the 2023 People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate faulted the conduct of the election unde a state of emergency, saying the process  carried out by an “occupational government” undermined the democratic will of the people.

His words: “The local government election conducted by the occupation government in Rivers State is an awful absurdity and a travesty to the very notion of elective democracy.

“By the 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.

“It therefore becomes necessary to call the attention of well-meaning Nigerians, international community and all friends and partners of Nigeria to the dangerous curve that the President Bola Tinubu regime is taking our dear 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.

“In the same breath, I wish to share my unflinching solidarity with the good people of Rivers State, who are currently victims of political brigandry to a power cabal which is bent on overturning their democratic rights at all cost.”