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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
A civil society group, the Human Rights Advocacy Network ( HRAN), has cautioned local government chairmen, in Rivers State, whose tenure would expire today against any action that create crisis in the state.
The group, in a statement by its Country Representative, charged security agencies to watch out for anyone who may want to breach public peace..
It stated that this is imperative as the extension of their tenure by the state assembly for six months has been quashed by a Rivers High Court.
“It is necessary to remind the immediate past local government chairmen that, less than a month ago, a Rivers State High Court nullified the six months tenure elongation of the state’s local government chairmen granted by the Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly.
“That judgement of the Rivers State High which nullified the extension of the tenure of local government chairmen in Rivers State is yet to be set aside.
“It therefore means, the claims by the immediate past local government chairmen is unknown to law, mischievous, criminal and an invitation to anarchy. We use this opportunity to caution the local government chairmen to desist from any plot to cause anarchy in Rivers State, ” the group stated.
