Demola Olarewaju, an aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo got away with removing several governors because democracy was still nascent, and the news cycle and analysis at the time were much slower compared to now.
Olarewaju said this while criticising President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State and his appointment of Vice Admiral Ibok-ete Ibas (retd.) as the Sole Administrator of the state after suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara for six months.