Sole Administrator Can’t Restore Peace In Rivers – Baba Aye*
Comrade Baba Aye, a veteran trade unionist and activist, is Co-Convener, Coalition for Revolution (CORE) and a Council Member of the Progressive International (PI). Baba Aye, a former Deputy National Secretary, Labour Party (LP) former National Convener, United Action for Democracy (UAD) and Member of the National Implementation Committee of the Campaign for Democracy (CD during the June 12 struggle), in this interview with EJIKEME OMENAZU , speaks on the State of Emergency in Rivers State among other crucial national issues. Excerpt: How would you react to the recent declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu? President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers state is ill-motivated and undermines the democratisation process in Nigeria for what it is worth. In one fell swoop, it has set back the democratic project, questionable as it definitely is, by decades. A state of emergency is essentially just another name f...