GROUP SLAMS PRO-IBAS RIVERS WOMEN OVER CALL TO EXTEND STATE OF EMERGENCY
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A group known as the Rivers Youths Alliance (RYA) has strongly criticized the recent pro-emergency rule protest in Rivers State, where demonstrators called for an extension of the six-month tenure of the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ibas, as his current mandate nears expiration.
In a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Monday, the group responded to the protest led by former Commissioner for Social Welfare, Inime Aguma, saying that anyone familiar with constitutional governance would not support the declaration of emergency rule by President Bola Tinubu in the state.
The group’s Director of Publicity, Mishac Jaja, described the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy, Prof. Ngozi Nma Odu, as unconstitutional, insisting it should be rejected by all right-thinking Nigerians. He further alleged that the women’s protest was staged and financially backed by vested interests.
Jaja denounced the imposition of emergency rule and urged President Tinubu to uphold democratic principles and restore constitutional governance in Rivers State.
Jaja expressed concerns over what he described as “Ibas’s desperate bit to stay in power,” noting that the imposition emergency rule in the state is a dangerous precedence.
“Rivers people have watched in disbelief as a group of women, flanked by police officers, took to the streets this morning not to demand better governance, but to shamelessly call for an extension of Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas’ controversial sole administratorship.
“This sudden twist came barely days after Rivers women bravely staged the now-famous #BringBackFubara protest, demanding the reinstatement of their legitimate Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
“That peaceful demonstration, which rattled the powers that be, appears to have pushed Ibas into panic mode. It appears that the emergency government is devastated by the organic show of love for Governor Fubara and has resorted to sponsoring a counter-protest, ironically using the same security forces earlier instructed to suppress the women’s march for justice.
“Let it be known that Rivers people are not fools. We are not cowards. And we will not allow power-hungry impostors to rewrite the will of the people. The staged protest may fool a few, but Rivers State sees through the deception.”
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