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former vice president of Nigeria atiku
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abubakar and former governor of anambra
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state Peter Obi both of whom were co-c
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contestants as presidential candidates
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in the last presidential election in
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Nigeria have reacted to the state of
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emergency and suspension of elected
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government in River State by President
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Bola Ahmed tanbu with a tiku accusing
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and describing president Bola ahed tonu
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is a vested partisan actor in the
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political turmoil in gulfing Rivers
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State according aiku abub Baka the
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Declaration of a state of emergency in
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River State reeks of political
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manipulation and outright bad faith
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anyone paying attention to the unfolding
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crisis knows that Bona tanbu has been a
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vested partisan actor in the political
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turmoil in gulfing rivers his blatant
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refusal or calculated negligence in
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preventing this escalation is nothing
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short of disgraceful beyond the
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political scheming in rivers the Brazen
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security breaches that led to the
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condemnable destruction of national
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infrastructure in the state land
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squarely on the president's desk tanu
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cannot evade responsibility for the
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chaos his administration has either
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enabled or failed to prevent it is an
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unforgivable failure that under tanu's
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watch the Niger Delta has been thrown
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back into an era of violent unrest and
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instability undoing the hard one piece
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secured by the late president omaru
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yadua years of progress have been
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recklessly erased in pursuit of selfish
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calculations if Federal infrastructure
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in rivers has been compromised the
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responsibility punishing the people of
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River State just to serve the political
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gamesmanship between the governor and
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president Bola ahed to nubus enablers in
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the federal government is nothing less
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than an assault on democracy and must be
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condemned in the strongest terms Peter
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Obie said it is unfortunate that 60
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years after Independence and nearly 30
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years of our celebrated unbroken civil
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rule our democracy is still marred by
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undemocratic practices and values a
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significant percentage of our elections
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are deeply flawed manipulated to serve
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the interests of a select few rather
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than reflecting the true will of the
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people governance at most levels does
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not reflect the genuine values and
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aspirations of the people because the
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welfare of the citizens is often
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neglected in practice looking at the
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ongoing crisis in River State we see yet
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another glaring example of how our
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democracy and governments is not serving
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its purpose the welfare of the people of
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River State the disagreement is not
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about improving the measurable indices
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of development Education Health Care or
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lifting people out of poverty but rather
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for reasons that do not in any way
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benefit the people of River State and
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Nigeria in general I fully understand
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the impact of what is happening in River
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State the real loses are the people
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their welfare and the future of the
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society the children will live in my
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respectful appeal to all those involved
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is to reconsider their positions and
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reflect on the grace God has bestowed
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upon them as Leaders they must think
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about the suffering people of River
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State and work towards a better future
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for their children my commitment remains
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to continuously remember them in Earnest
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prayers and to advocate for their
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well-being I also appeal to well-meaning
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Nigerians and the federal government in
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the spirit of true democ Y and good
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governance to use their offices to
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restore normaly and bring an end to this
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crisis we have reported that the Nigeria
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president Boler ahed tbu in a nationwide
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broadcast on Tuesday evening for the
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first time more than a decade in the
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history of the West Africa country
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declared a state of emergency in River
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State and suspended for initial 6 months
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the governor Simon alai favara and his
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Deputy inoi ODU all elected members of
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the state House of Assembly and
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appointed retired vice admiral iokit IAS
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as administrator to work with the
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existing Lords of rivers state with the
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members of the state Judiciary following
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the apparent personal political crisis
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between the rivers State Governor simai
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favara and his former boss and the
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immediate past governor of the state Nim
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YK who is currently the minister of the
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federal capital territory fct that was
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seen a few days ago in a viral video
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apparently making Caris statements as a
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govern government official statements
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capable of instigating a particular
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ethnic group against the government
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wherein the fct minister has said thus
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that did your people a minority group in
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the south south and if their son fabara
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is impeached nothing would happen after
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the statements YK refused to apologize
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to the Ure people despite public outcry
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and condemnations days after as
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confirmed by President Bona ahed tanbu
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some militants started destroying crude
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oil pipelines in River State as media
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reports Trends and indicated that Pro YK
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lawmakers may have concluded plans to
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impeach Governor simai
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