Former President Goodluck Jonathan has weighed in on the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State, accusing key actors across the executive, legislature, and judiciary of abusing power.
Speaking at the annual colloquium of the Haske Satumari Foundation on Saturday in Abuja, Jonathan said the state of emergency rule imposed on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu was a clear abuse of power.
According to the former president, those in power know the right thing to do but are deliberately ignoring it.
Jonathan, who didn’t mention President Bola Tinubu directly, accused government officials of “clear abuse of offices, clear abuse of power, and clear abuse of privileges” across all three arms of government.
He also warned that the compromised state of Nigeria’s judiciary was scaring away investors and damaging the country’s international reputation.
His words: “As a former…
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