Breaking News: AGF Lateef Fagbemi Defends President Tinubu’s State of Emergency Declaration in Rivers State

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has defended President Tinubu’s decision to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State. Fagbemi addressed journalists at the State House after meeting with President Tinubu in Abuja on Wednesday.

“I think the President has acted timeously,” Fagbemi stated. “He has given opportunity to all the parties involved to make amends. Before then, he had assembled them, he had tried to mediate.”

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Fagbemi dismissed allegations that Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Wike, was favored in the decision. “Was Wike the one that asked the State Assembly to be demolished? I don’t see the hand of the Minister of the FCT in what happened.”

The AGF urged those aggrieved by the President’s decision to seek redress through the National Assembly. “If the National Assembly feels what the President did was not okay, he will not have two-thirds from the National Assembly. We are expecting that within 48 hours something will come out.”

This development comes amidst ongoing political tensions in Rivers State, which led to the declaration of a state of emergency .