A statement by the commissioner for Information and Communication, PAULINUS NSIRIM said the same persons whose attempts to declare State of Emergency in the State since 2015 have never succeeded because of God’s intervention.
The statement attributed the move to the build up for the 2023 elections and jostle for Presidential and Vice-Presidential tickets claiming that the said persons want to use COVID-19 to create a crisis as if the State is at war with the Federal Government.
The statement said they have decided to create unnecessary tension as if indigenes of Ahoada, Eleme and Port Harcourt are fighting with Northerners not to carry out their legitimate businesses.
The commissioner said throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, States like Enugu, Lagos, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Edo and Kaduna States have been intercepting Lorries carrying human beings instead of foodstuffs, adding that it is the same thing that the Rivers State Government is doing to protect the State from COVID-19.
According to the statement instead of supporting the state efforts, those it described as Abuja politicians are busy looking for a State of Emergency because they want to acquire power.
The statement added that Rivers State has never fought a war with strangers or neighbours, adding that its fight against COVID-19 is to protect the lives of everyone living and doing business in the State.
It also described as shameless that some politicians are playing politics with COVID-19, claiming that one of the respected chieftains of the All Progressives Congress had to expose their plan to use COVID-19 to launch into the politics of the State.
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