The Nation Newspaper Don't plunge Rivers into chaos, anarchy, Reps' member tells River Assembly
, on Friday, March 22, accused members of three Rivers State House of Assembly of trying to plunge the state into a major crisis by their actions.
He described the purported override of the governor’s veto by the House of Assembly just a few days after purportedly amending the same law was a recipe for chaos and breakdown of law and order in the state and stands condemned, alleging that the law was never sent to the Governor for his assent. He said: “These Rivers Assemblymen are truly acting like people who do not hold the sacred mandate of the people. Otherwise, they should have known that this plot was a deliberate invitation to anarchy and an inglorious attempt to sabotage the Presidential Peace Accord. We hereby call on the President to call them to order to avert the total breakdown of law and order in the State.
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