 The political tension in River State regarding who succeeds Governor Yisamuike in 2023 may rise in the coming days as political parties in the forthcoming governorship elections have rejected the Executive Order 21 of the state government prohibiting political parties from holding campaigns and rallies using any public facilities without a payment of five million Naira fee. Spokesperson of the All Progressive Congress in River State, Darlington Mouju, in an interview with our correspondent, said that such an action was tantamount to suffocating the political space for the opposition parties in the state. Darlington, who pointed out that no state government can amend any section of the electoral act by issuing decrees or executive orders that has changed the electoral act, also said that the aim is to give the ruling party in the state an undue advantage because it controls the state resources of the state. What is currently happening or the so-called Executive Order 21 is a precursor to violence because by the time you want to gag the opposition, you want to stop them, you want to deny them access to facilities, government public facilities, to campaigns, to talk to people who should be voting for them. It's a precursor for violence and so we know that it cannot stand. It's another form of tyranny and no form of tyranny can be allowed in any true democracy. The party spokesperson also noted that it is the duty of the commissioner of police in each state to provide adequate security cover for such rallies or meetings in a consultative manner so as to prevent any conflict of time and venue amongst the political parties. And the electoral act demands or requires that the commission of police in each of the states of the federation be notified of their intentions to campaign. And the electoral act has also stated clearly rather that unless in cases where there is a clash in time and venue the commissioner of police of the state can intervene to resolve the issues of venues and timing for campaigns we are going to weigh our options and will make the best decision that will be in the interest of our political party and in the interest of the people of hello hope you enjoyed the news please do subscribe to our youtube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates