Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday declared the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, as illegal, warning President Bola Tinubu not to allow him to conduct the forthcoming local government elections in the state.
Atiku said the allowing an illegal sole administrator to conduct council polls in Rivers has implications.
The former vice president spoke against the backdrop of the condemnation of the proposed local government election in Rivers State by an elder statesman, Atedo Peterside.
Peterside had warned the Nigerian government against making nonsense of Nigeria’s democracy with the planned local government election in Rivers.
Atiku in his reaction, condemned the planned local council polls.
He wrote on X, “It is in one’s interest to help put out the fire in your neighbour’s house to safeguard against your house being torched.
“I agree that what is playing out in Rivers State, with an illegal sole administrator, unknown to our constitution, conducting council elections, has implications for the rest of the country.
“I join other men and women of goodwill to condemn this absurdity unequivocally.”
