Rejection of Mr Bello as chairman of the caretaker committee heightens the uncertainty around the party’s national convention.
“The situation has reached crisis level. In fact, it’s a war situation that we have to confront without further delay,” the governor said.
The statement advised the public and livestock marketers to minimise contacts with sick and dead birds.
Two hundred and seventy-four ex-councillors, who served from 2016 to 2019, had protested peacefully on March 11
“I hope we can work together to support the federal government so that it can do the needful.”
