Nigeria's Obasanjo declares emergency in Ekiti state | International News | Reuters.com

Nigeria's Obasanjo declares emergency in Ekiti state | International News | Reuters.com: "ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday declared a state of emergency in the state of Ekiti following what he called the unconstitutional impeachment of the governor over corruption charges.

Obasanjo swore-in a retired major-general to run the affairs of the southwestern state for the next six months and said the move was to prevent Ekiti from descending into anarchy and threatening security in Africa's biggest oil producer.

'It is a clear case of usurpation of power. It is dangerous for our democracy ... to allow this flagrant violation of our constitution to go unchecked,' Obasanjo said in a national television broadcast early in the morning." Read complete post here.