The leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the state, saying there is a full-blown war there.
The call was made on Wednesday, by the APC Caretaker Committee Chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, during a media briefing in Port Harcourt.
He stated, “Rivers State is at war. And the dramatis personae who are responsible for the mayhem that has claimed lives are known.
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“The governor is helpless, the police bias helpless. Therefore the APC in Rivers State is calling for a state of emergency in Rivers State as a way of taming the mayhem, and the upsurge that is going on in the state.
“I call on the federal government to act fast in this regard.”
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