Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has accused President Bola Tinubu of setting an evil precedent and dragging Nigeria back to the military era by suspending and reinstating the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
Naija News recalls the President had on Wednesday ended the emergency rule in Rivers and reinstated the state Governor, Fubara.
In an interview with Daily Post, Adeyanju said it is sad that Tinubu, who fought for democracy, is the one setting the evil precedent of suspending someone who was duly elected.
He said, “It’s a sad precedent for our democracy, the President has dragged us back to the era of military regime. One would have thought that Nigeria’s democracy has indeed matured and we have moved away from military men.
“It’s even more ironic and sad that he (Tinubu) who fought the military is the one who has set this evil and bad precedent. How can the President suspend somebody who was duly elected.”
Speaking further, Adeyanju accused the judiciary and opposition political parties of failing to prevent such an evil precedent in Rivers State.
He added, “Even if people admit that we don’t have any lawyer in the country, we don’t have an Attorney General in the country or we don’t have any law officers in the country, how can such a thing happen?
“It’s like a lion tarnishing a fellow lion in the lion kingdom, there is no justification whatsoever for this ripoff of our democracy.
“The President has spat on our democracy simpliciter, it’s very sad and the dead opposition watched it happen without doing anything.
“The sad thing is that the judiciary could not take this case as an emergency to send a message to the presidency that the judiciary remains the last hope of the common man. The judiciary has also failed.
“The judiciary could stamp its feet on the ground for the people of Rivers. We should all be ashamed as Nigerians that we have indeed failed as a people, failure on all parts including the leaders.”
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