Dele Momodu, a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, labeling it as “anti-democratic.”
President Tinubu’s decision to suspend Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and the Rivers State House of Assembly for six months, while also declaring a state of emergency due to the ongoing political crisis, has faced widespread condemnation.
Momodu, speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s “The Morning Brief,” added his voice to the growing number of individuals across Nigeria who are critical of the president’s action.
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“I think it is very unfortunate. I know President Tinubu very, very, very well. Though I’ve not been in the same party [with him] and all that, we were together in exile, and he fought gallantly for this democracy. So a lot of us, co-comrades at that time, are actually very embarrassed that we have a pro-democracy leader in government, and yet what we are witnessing is worse than dictatorship,” he said on Monday.
“I’m pleading with President Bola Tinubu, ‘Please don’t kill democracy in Nigeria.’ Everybody who loves him will tell him this. I don’t; I’ve not asked him for anything or anything, but we love him for his contributions to the motivation in the back, which is what is going down the drain,” Momodu said.
The PDP chieftain accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of intimidating the opposition and issued a warning to the APC to “watch your back.”
“I’m saying it now openly to millions of Nigerians that people are deceiving President Tinubu, and he should not allow people to deceive you,” he said on the show.
“He should just do his job. The only thing that can guarantee a second time is to do your job well. You do not need to intimidate anybody.”
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