Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi said the National Assembly may declare emergency rule in the South-East region if 2023 general elections would not hold.
The governor Disclosed this while reacting to the recent attacks on police stations and INEC offices in the south east.
He said:
“Some of our youths have been indoctrinated to believe that there will be no election in 2023 and that is very dangerous because if you say that there will be no election in your region, then the National Assembly could make an emergency law to say there will be emergency rule there and there is nothing you can do about it.
“So it is a very terrible mindset for anybody to be doing this because INEC offices have not been burnt in South-West or other parts of the country so we don’t know who is doing this but I know that they are criminals.”
Umahi added that South East Governors have pledged their commitment to an indivisible and united Nigeria.
H
e said: “We do not want to secede from Nigeria but we want a Nigeria where justice and equity prevails. We want peace.”
