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President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State has been sharply criticized by former vice president Atiku Abubakar, who has called it “political manipulation and outright bad faith.”

Tinubu was criticized by Atiku for being a “vested partisan actor” in the situation and for failing to stop it from getting worse.

According to Atiku, the president bears direct responsibility for the security lapses and damage to the country’s infrastructure in Rivers.

He maintained that years of progress made under the late President Umaru Yar’Adua have been undone by Tinubu’s administration, which has allowed turmoil in the Niger Delta.

His words: “The declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State reeks of political manipulation and outright bad faith. Anyone paying attention to the unfolding crisis knows that Bola Tinubu has been a vested partisan actor in the political turmoil engulfing Rivers.

“His blatant refusal or calculated negligence in preventing this escalation is nothing short of disgraceful. Beyond the political scheming in Rivers, the brazen security breaches that led to the condemnable destruction of national infrastructure in the state land squarely on the President’s desk.

“Tinubu cannot evade responsibility for the chaos his administration has either enabled or failed to prevent. It is an unforgivable failure that under Tinubu’s watch, the Niger Delta has been thrown back into an era of violent unrest and instability — undoing the hard-won peace secured by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua.

“Years of progress have been recklessly erased in pursuit of selfish political calculations. If federal infrastructure in Rivers has been compromised, the President bears full responsibility.”

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