Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has declared that the threat to impose a state of emergency on the State does not have the support of President Muhammadu Buhari.

 

Governor Obiano made this disclosure on Thursday to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.

 

The nation’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had on Wednesday told journalists that the imposition of a state of emergency on Anambra could not be ruled out. According to him, the government was determined to ensure that the governorship election slated for November 6 must hold despite the killings and attacks going on in the state.

 

Obiano said he was in Abuja to Malami to the President on the matter.

 

He described the threat as unfortunate and wondered why Malami had not contemplated the imposition of emergency rule in northern States during massive killings occasioned by banditry.

 

“That’s a very unfortunate comment by the Attorney-General. Malami. Very unfortunate. I also reported that to the President and this is not in the books of the President because he knows that Anambra has been the safest state in Nigeria for seven years plus,” the governor said.