Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that allowing an illegal Sole Administrator to conduct Local Government elections in Rivers State has dire and serious constitutional and dire implications for the Nation’s democracy.
Atiku therefore cautioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against allowing the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd) to conduct Local Government elections in the state.
Atiku, who stated these following the condemnation and protests by some key stakeholders in the State led by Atedo Peterside against the conduct of Local Government elections in Rivers State, said the provisions of the constitution must be observed and respected by the Federal Government.
The Peterside-led group had warned the Federal Government against making nonsense of Nigeria’s democracy with the planned local government election in Rivers.
Atiku, who took to X handle on Saturday, August 9, 2025, took a critical look at the development, stressing that all constitutional and legal procedures have been totally jettisoned and observed in breach, all in a desperate attempt to conduct Local Government elections by an illegal Sole Administrator that is being prompted.
Atiku wrote on X; “It is in one’s interest to help put out the fire in your neighbour’s house to safeguard against your house being torched.
“I agree that what is playing out in Rivers State, with an illegal sole administrator, unknown to our constitution, conducting council elections, has implications for the rest of the country.
“I join other men and women of goodwill to condemn this absurdity unequivocally,” he emphasised.
