Tinubu Finally Lifts Rivers State Emergency Rule, As Fubara, Assembly Returns
President Bola Tinubu has lifted the six-month state of
emergency slammed on Rivers State over the political crisis rockling the state.
The declaration followed the conflict between Governor
Siminalayi Fubara and 27 lawmakers loyal to the House Speaker which had left the
state without a functioning government as declared by the Supreme Court.
However, the latest development showed that Governor
Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the State House of
Assembly will now return to office from Thursday, September 18, 2025.
Tinubu, in a statement, said the state of emergency, first
proclaimed on March 18, 2025, was necessary to arrest the total paralysis of
governance that had gripped Rivers at the time.
“It therefore gives me great pleasure to declare that the
emergency in Rivers State of Nigeria shall end with effect from midnight today.
The Governor, His Excellency Siminalayi Fubara, the deputy governor, Her
Excellency Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and
the speaker, Martins Amaewhule, will resume work in their offices from 18
September 2025,” Tinubu said.
Details later…
