Atiku Asks Opposition Parties To Reject Rivers LG Election Results Conducted By Occupation Government
Former Vice President and the 3023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has condemned Saturday’s local government elections in Rivers State, describing the exercise as “an awful absurdity.”
...Says election an awful absurdity and travesty to the very notion of elective democracy
Former Vice President and the 3023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has condemned Saturday’s local government elections in Rivers State, describing the exercise as “an awful absurdity.”
He also, urged opposition parties to reject the outcome, of the election conducted by an occupation government.
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, had earlier announced the results on Sunday, declaring the All Progressives Congress, APC, victorious in 20 out of 23 local government areas while the PDP won three, including Obio-Akpor, Port Harcourt City, PHALGA, and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, ONELGA.
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, had earlier announced the results on Sunday, declaring the All Progressives Congress, APC, victorious in 20 out of 23 local government areas while the PDP won three, including Obio-Akpor, Port Harcourt City, PHALGA, and Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, ONELGA.
According to the RSIEC, suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara lost his Opobo-Nkoro LGA to the APC.
However, reacting to the development, Atiku said in a statement on his official X handle, that the conduct of the polls undermined Nigeria’s democracy, just as it lacked legitimacy.
He further noted that the local government election conducted by the occupation government in the state was an awful absurdity and a travesty to the very notion of elective democracy, pointing out that the shameful and shambolic manner in which the occupation government went ahead to conduct local government was absurd.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) August 31, 2025
“The local government election conducted by the occupation government in Rivers State is an awful absurdity and a travesty to the very notion of elective democracy.
“By the shameful and shambolic manner in which the occupation government went ahead to conduct local government elections in Rivers State, it is clear that the ruling APC party is not leaving anyone in doubt that it is prepared to throw caution to the wind in order to achieve an inordinate political advantage.
“It therefore becomes necessary to call the attention of well-meaning Nigerians, international community and all friends and partners of Nigeria to the dangerous curve that the President Bola Tinubu regime is taking our dear country.
“I will also call on all opposition parties in Rivers State to reject the local government election on the premise that the occupation government that conducted the exercise is extraneous to our laws, with absolutely no legitimacy to undertake such a crucial and sensitive assignment.
“In the same breath, I wish to share my unflinching solidarity with the good people of Rivers State, who are currently victims of political brigandry to a power cabal which is bent on overturning their democratic rights at all cost.”
He, then called on Nigerians and the international community to take note of the development, accusing the APC of manipulating the process to gain undue political advantage.
However, reacting to the development, Atiku said in a statement on his official X handle, that the conduct of the polls undermined Nigeria’s democracy, just as it lacked legitimacy.
He further noted that the local government election conducted by the occupation government in the state was an awful absurdity and a travesty to the very notion of elective democracy, pointing out that the shameful and shambolic manner in which the occupation government went ahead to conduct local government was absurd.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) August 31, 2025
“The local government election conducted by the occupation government in Rivers State is an awful absurdity and a travesty to the very notion of elective democracy.
“By the shameful and shambolic manner in which the occupation government went ahead to conduct local government elections in Rivers State, it is clear that the ruling APC party is not leaving anyone in doubt that it is prepared to throw caution to the wind in order to achieve an inordinate political advantage.
“It therefore becomes necessary to call the attention of well-meaning Nigerians, international community and all friends and partners of Nigeria to the dangerous curve that the President Bola Tinubu regime is taking our dear country.
“I will also call on all opposition parties in Rivers State to reject the local government election on the premise that the occupation government that conducted the exercise is extraneous to our laws, with absolutely no legitimacy to undertake such a crucial and sensitive assignment.
“In the same breath, I wish to share my unflinching solidarity with the good people of Rivers State, who are currently victims of political brigandry to a power cabal which is bent on overturning their democratic rights at all cost.”
He, then called on Nigerians and the international community to take note of the development, accusing the APC of manipulating the process to gain undue political advantage.
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