BREAKING: Anambra Governor Visits Buhari After ‘State Of Emergency’ Threat

Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, on Thursday, paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The visit came on the heels of a threat by the Federal Government to declare a State of Emergency in Anambra on the grounds of recent attacks and killings in the state.

Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), had after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting told State House correspondents that the federal government may declare emergency rule in Anambra to ensure that nothing stops the November 6 governorship election in the state.

“No possibility is ruled out by government in terms of ensuring the sanctity of our democratic order, in terms of ensuring that our elections in Anambra hold.

“And you cannot rule out the possibility of declaration of state of emergency where it is established, in essence, that there is a failure on the part of the state government to ensure the sanctity of security of lives, properties and democratic order,” Malami had said.

Photos sent to THE WHISTLER on Thursday by President Buhari’s personal assistant on photography, Sunday Aghaeze, indicated that the president met with Governor Obiano on the matter.

In its initial reaction on Wednesday, the Anambra State government had wondered why the federal government was threatening to declare emergency rule in the state when it is yet to declare same in “Borno, Niger, Kaduna, Yobe, Zamfara, even Imo, which is APC-controlled, (and) Ebonyi, which is APC-controlled,” where more people have been killed.