Nigeria, March 26 -- "In the circumstance, having soberly reflected on and evaluated the political situation in Rivers State and the Governor and Deputy Governor of Rivers State having failed to make a request to me as President to issue this proclamation as required by section 305(5) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, it has become inevitably compelling for me to invoke the provision of section 305 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State with effect from today, 18th March, 2025 and I so do." -President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

If there is anybody I do not expect to commit constitutional infractions, it is our dear President Bola Tinubu. Fro...