State of emergency won't work in Rivers and Ekiti - Gov Fayose.

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Ekiti  State Governor Ayo Fayose has said that declaring a state of emergency will not work in Rivers and Ekiti states.

The governor was reacting to speculations that the Federal Government might impose state of emergency in the states.

He addressed State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on the sideline of the National Economic Council (NEC) retreat.

Fayose said he had been waiting for President Muhammadu Buhari to declare state of emergency in Ekiti State.

Stressing that power has gone back to the people, the governor urged political leaders to beware of the actions they take in office, which, he said, might hunt them in the future.

On possible declaration of state of emergency in Rivers, Fayose said: “They have been insinuating that too in Ekiti. We have been waiting for them. Power has gone beyond the leaders; power has gone back to the people. There are certain things leaders will do today, you will eat it tomorrow.

“You want to declare a state of emergency? Declare it. We will tell you that the state of emergency will not work. This country belongs to all of us.”

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, at the weekend, said some people were creating problems in his state to make the Federal Government impose a state of emergency.

The governor said such ploy would not work because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was more popular in the state.

The Department of State Security (DSS) recently raided the Ekiti State House of Assembly, where it reportedly arrested eight lawmakers. One of them is being detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Fayose condemned the weekend’s National Assembly and State House of Assembly rerun elections in Rivers State because of what he called their militarisation.

He described the situation in Rivers as a service of ego among some individuals, who, he said, believed they have the control of the Federal Government.

On the Ekiti lawmaker’s detained by the EFCC, the governor said the anti-graft agency was trampling on the rights of Nigerians.