Rivers Indigenes Urge Tinubu to Halt LG Elections, Reinstate Fubara

• The group demands reinstatement of Governor Fubara
• Tinubu to stop the state’s local government elections
• The petition warns that the elections are a “serious threat to democracy”

Prominent Rivers indigenes, including former Governor Celestine Omehia and former PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus, have urged President Bola Tinubu to halt the state’s scheduled local government elections on August 30.

EkoHotBlog reports that in an open letter, the group, known as “Major Stakeholders,” argued that the election is illegal and a “serious threat to democracy.”

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They called for Tinubu to lift the state of emergency, reinstate suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the state House of Assembly, and end the tenure of the current sole administrator.

The stakeholders’ petition, which includes signatories like Atedo Peterside and Chief Abiye Sekibo, asserts that the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) is not legally constituted and has violated the mandatory 90-day election notice.

They warned that the elections, orchestrated by a “Sole Administrator with no constitutional mandate,” are a “blatant usurpation of state autonomy” and called for intervention from both national and international bodies.