Rivers LG election: Powerful cabal bent on overturning democratic rights – Atiku

Atiku said the election showed that a power cabal is bent on
overturning the democratic rights of Rivers people at all costs.

In a post on X, he urged the opposition in the state to
reject the results of the election because it was conducted by a government
that is extant to the law.

He said: “The local government election conducted by the
occupation government in Rivers State is an awful absurdity and a travesty to
the very notion of elective democracy.

“By the shameful and shambolic manner in which the
occupation government went ahead to conduct local government elections in
Rivers State, it is clear that the ruling APC party is not leaving anyone in doubt
that it is prepared to throw caution to the wind in order to achieve an
inordinate political advantage.

“It therefore becomes necessary to call the attention of
well-meaning Nigerians, the international community, and all friends and
partners of Nigeria to the dangerous curve that the President Bola Tinubu
regime is taking our dear country.

“I will also call on all opposition parties in Rivers State
to reject the local government election on the premise that the occupation
government that conducted the exercise is extraneous to our laws, with
absolutely no legitimacy to undertake such a crucial and sensitive assignment.

“In the same breath, I wish to share my unflinching
solidarity with the good people of Rivers State, who are currently victims of
political brigandry by a power cabal which is bent on overturning their
democratic rights at all costs.” – AA