The Presidency has dismissed criticisms from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) regarding President Bola Tinubu’s decision to impose an emergency rule in Rivers State.
Presidential spokesperson, Chief Sunday Dare, described the ADC’s allegations of autocracy, manipulation, and undermining federalism as “laughable” and “nuisance politics”.
This was disclosed a post on his verified X handle, @SundayDareSD, Presidential spokesperson.
Chief Dare also emphasised that President Tinubu acted under Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution, which granted the President the power to intervene when law and order are under grave threat.
The presidency maintained that the President’s intervention delivered stability, restored democratic institutions, and returned peace to Rivers State.
Dare further noted that officials in Rivers State were protected from chaos, not reduced to presidential appointees, until conditions allowed for their reinstatement.
“The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is clear: under Section 305, the President has the power — and the duty — to act when law and order are under grave threat.
“What the President delivered is stability, the return of democratic institutions, and peace in Rivers State. Nigerians can see the difference: President Tinubu acted right.
”That is what posterity will remember him for.
“To accuse the President of undermining federalism is laughable; as a former Governor, no Nigerian alive presently has fought harder for state autonomy than Asiwaju Bola Tinubu”.
