We Are Marching To Liberate Rivers Political Invasion -Women

Hundreds of women poured onto the streets of Port Harcourt earlier today, marching to liberate Rivers State from political invasion, as they stated.

Led by Dr. Nancy Chidi Nwankwo, Tamunobelema D. West and Cynthia Amadi, through major streets like Isaac Boro Park in Mile 1 to Garrison Junction along the Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway, the wwomen said their march was to protest the imposition of emergency rule in the state.

“Women of Rivers, gathered for justice and democracy, and express total rejection of the state of emergency declared over our beloved state

The declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers has met with protests

“This imposition is not driven by any genuine threat to national security but clearly a politically motivated manoeuvre aimed at subjugating our people and undermining our democracy”, the women stated in a statement signed by Dr. Nancy Chidi Nwankwo ,

“The overreach of the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd) is a glaring indicator of the political conquest.

Alleging what they described as political invasion, they accused the administrator as having a different agenda, adding: “His actions, which go far beyond the limited powers of a placeholder, betray the impartiality expected of his office and reveal the real intention behind this emergency rule, a calculated power grab under the guise of national interest.

“We find it utterly confounding that the federal authorities in Abuja, relying on conjecture and manufactured narratives, would choose to descend with full weight of force on Rivers State, deploying a sledgehammer to kill a fly, while ignoring the dire security emergencies ravaging states such as Borno, Yobe, Zamfara, Kaduna, Plateau, and Benue.

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“If the National Assembly’s intention was truly to prevent breakdown of law and order in Rivers, a state that has remained relatively peaceful and has recorded no fatal incident, why has it failed to take even more decisive action in states where chaos and bloodshed are daily occurrences?”, the women stated.

According to them, “Rivers people, especially women, are outraged by what is fast becoming a dual system of laws in Nigeria, one for other states, and another, unjust and repressive, for Rivers. We reject this blatant political invasion and the imposition of emergency rule in its entirety.”