The Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Tony Okocha, has admitted that he was forced to go into hiding out of fear for his life until the proclamation of emergency rule in the state by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Speaking to reporters Thursday at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja, he maintained that the declaration of a state of emergency by President Tinubu saved Rivers State from anarchy.
Okocha, a die-hard loyalist of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, insisted that President Tinubu deserves all the plaudits for taking the decisive step at the nick of time.
“People like us could hardly leave certain places because we were hiding for fear of the unknown as non-state actors brandished guns and made statements tailored toward anarchy and lawlessness. We all knew there was a looming problem before…
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