Former Senate President and the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has expressed his rage over the ongoing political developments in Rivers State and called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, not to allow “self-seeking anti-democratic forces to fan embers of war in Rivers State.”

In a telephone interview with South-East PUNCH, Senator Wabara strongly condemned the police occupation of the headquarters of the 23 local government councils in Rivers State, even as he urged the President not to allow such people to push him into taking any step that could plunge the state into chaos.

Senator Wabara warned that any action to undermine democracy or tamper with the democratically elected government of Sir Siminalayi Fubara in Rivers State could spell doom for the entire country, adding, “Nothing is happening in the state that warrants the call for a state of emergency, as being demanded by these fake apostles of peace.”

The PDP stalwart, while cautioning against destabilising Rivers State in pursuit of the interest of a few individuals, said that he was yet to see the constitutionality of council chairmen, whose tenure had elapsed attempting to perpetuate themselves in office against the laws of the land, stating, “I have keenly watched the political developments in Rivers State, and want to place it on record that PDP and the law-abiding citizens of this country will not tolerate any attempt to derail democracy in the state.

“We won’t allow anti-democratic forces and insatiable elements to hijack power through the back door in their desperation to hang on to power and hold the state to the jugular.

“Any attempt to scuttle the democratically elected PDP-led government in Rivers State is a recipe for political unrest capable of consuming the entire country.

“I, therefore, call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, not to allow greedy and self-overrated power drunks to push him into taking steps that could portray him as a despot, and ultimately plunge the country into avoidable upheaval.”

He appealed to PDP members and the people of Rivers State to remain calm and law-abiding, assuring them that their mandate to the party “cannot be robbed under any guise,” and re-stated the confidence and support of the party to Governor Fubara’s government, assuring the governor of the party’s unmitigated solidarity “at this trying moment.”

Wabara therefore cautioned the masterminds of the unhealthy developments in Rivers State and their foot soldiers to retrace their steps.