Former Governor of Bayelsa State and senator representing Bayelsa West, Seriake Dickson, seems to be the only man standing against the declaration of state of emergency on Rivers State, as other voices of dissent have faded away.
After a joint session of the National Assembly to commemorate Democracy Day where President Bola Tinubu spoke, Dickson who thought the president would use the occasion to lift the emergency rule, criticised his silence over what he described as a “constitutional aberration” of the action.
Relying on Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution, President Tinubu had on March 18, proclaimed a state of emergency following the protracted political crisis in the state. He consequently suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara; his deputy, Ngozi Odu; and all the members of the House of Assembly for six months.
