The Presidency has dismissed the African Democratic Congress’ (ADC) statement on Rivers State as nothing more than nuisance politics, exposing the pedantry and verbosity of their recent media outings.

According to Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Communications, He noted that “The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is clear: under Section 305, the President has the power — and the duty — to act when law and order are under grave threat.

The President exercised his powers by invoking the provisions of section 305 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) to prevent bloodshed and restore governance in Rivers State.

 

ADC’s claims of “autocracy” and “manipulation” collapse under simple fact. The emergency framework is constitutional, not whimsical. Rivers officials were never reduced to “appointees” — they were shielded from chaos and reinstated once order returned. To accuse the President of undermining federalism is laughable; as a former Governor, no Nigerian alive presently, has fought harder for state autonomy than Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Protecting Rivers is protecting Nigeria.

What ADC offers Nigerians is late pontification and empty noise. What the President delivered is stability, the return of democratic institutions, and peace in Rivers State. Nigerians can see the difference: President Tinubu acted right. That is what posterity will remember him for.