Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has criticised the suspension of elected officials in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu.
Jonathan said the move is capable of denting the country’s
image.
The ex-President stated this on Saturday while speaking as Chairman
at the Haske Satumari Foundation Colloquium in Abuja.
Jonathan said he was disappointed that elected officials had been removed.
“These actions by key actors in the executive and
legislative arms of government paint the country in a negative light,” he said.
The statement comes days after Tinubu declared a state of
emergency in the oil-rich state.
Tinubu suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his Deputy,
Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the state House of Assembly for six
months.
However, the House of Representatives approved Tinubu’s
declaration of a state of emergency in the state despite stiff opposition from
many Nigerians
Shortly after, the Senate also gave its nod and approved the
State of Emergency for Rivers State as declared by Tinubu.
But Jonathan while sharing his thoughts about the political
turmoil in Rivers, said although it is not the norm for former presidents to
comment on issues in the polity so as not to heat up the polity, he insisted
that the image of the country and how much investments a country attracts is
heavily dependent on the actions of the executive, legislature and judiciary of
the country.
According to him, his comment was necessitated by persistent
calls from many Nigerians to speak on the events in Rivers State as a prominent
son of the Niger Delta.
He decried the situation where an individual can dictate to
the judiciary what to do, saying it makes it difficult for anyone to have faith
in the judiciary.
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