Nigeria: ‘Forceful takeover of Rivers for APC’, PDP rejects Tinubu’s emergency rule declaration

…insists Tinubu has no powers to suspend a democratically elected governor

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over his decision to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State, describing it as a forceful takeover of the state for his party. 

Tribune Online reports that Tinubu, while reacting to the new twists to the protracted political crisis in Rivers state in a national broadcast on Tuesday, declared an…