{"id":86924,"date":"2021-10-12T08:18:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T07:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=86924"},"modified":"2021-10-12T08:18:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T07:18:29","slug":"declare-state-of-emergency-in-nigeria-before-anambra-peter-obi-tackles-malami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/declare-state-of-emergency-in-nigeria-before-anambra-peter-obi-tackles-malami\/","title":{"rendered":"Declare state of emergency in Nigeria before Anambra \u2013 Peter Obi tackles Malami"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">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.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nObi said the Federal Government should first declare a State of emergency in Nigeria before taking such a step in Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>Malami had said the Federal Government was considering the move, ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State due the level of insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>The AGF had made the remark after last week\u2019s Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting.<\/p>\n<p>However, Obi said Nigeria is facing more security challenges than Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Arise Television on Monday, the former Anambra State governor said: \u201cSaying 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PDP chieftain called on the AGF to stop being partisan working in the discharge of his duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, he is the Attorney General of the Federation and not the Attorney General of the Federal Government of PDP or the APC, but of the federation. 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