Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has stated that the Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, is illegal warning that his conducting Rivers Council Election would affect Nigeria as a whole.

In an X post on Saturday, Atiku warned the government of Nigeria about the implications of an illegal sole administrator (Ibas) conducting local government election in Rivers State.

This was in reaction to the condemnation of the proposed local government election in Rivers State by an elder statesman, Atedo Peterside.

Peterside warned the Tinubu-led government of Nigeria against rubbishing Nigeria’s democracy with the local government election.

Reacting to that, Atiku wrote; “It is in one’s interest to help put out the fire in your neighbour’s house to safeguard against your house being torched.

“I agree that what is playing out in Rivers State, with an illegal sole administrator, unknown to our constitution, conducting council elections, has implications for the rest of the country.

“I join other men and women of goodwill to condemn this absurdity unequivocally.”