- Rivers State Emergency Will End September 18 – Wike
- Tinubu declared it after political crisis involving Fubara and Assembly.
- Normal legislative functions expected to resume after expiration.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has expressed optimism that the state of emergency in Rivers State will end on September 18.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola Tinubu had declared the emergency following a political crisis involving Governor Siminalayi Fubara, members of the State House of Assembly, and Wike. As part of the decision, Tinubu suspended Fubara, his deputy, and the Assembly for six months, while appointing Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas as Sole Administrator.
Speaking with journalists after casting his vote in the ongoing local government election in Rivers State, Wike said conditions were now favorable for the emergency rule to be lifted.
“As far as we are concerned, this election is peaceful, people are trooping out and at the end of the day the election has been conducted successfully and peacefully,” he stated.
“I do know that by September 18, the state of emergency will expire and the state assembly will come back to their job and we will have a government at the grassroots level. The coast is clear for the state of emergency to be lifted, being that the state government has its representative and the local government has its representatives, so we are good to go.”
With the expected expiration of the emergency, normal legislative activities in Rivers State are projected to resume.
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