Peter Obi, former Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rubbished the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, for saying the Federal Government may declare a state of emergency in Anambra State.
Obi said the Federal Government should first declare a State of emergency in Nigeria before taking such a step in Anambra State.
Malami had said the Federal Government was considering the move, ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State due the level of insecurity.
The AGF had made the remark after last week’s Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting.
However, Obi said Nigeria is facing more security challenges than Anambra State.
Speaking with Channels Television on Monday, the former Anambra State governor said: “Saying that they want to declare a state of emergency in Anambra because of insecurity should actually mean that they need to declare a state of emergency in Nigeria because if you want to declare a state of emergency in Anambra because of insecurity, you have to declare a state of emergency in Nigeria because of insecurity.”