Breaking: Tinubu Ends Emergency In Rivers State As Fubara, House Members Resume Thursday
•By Admin
LAGOS – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned democratic government to Rivers state after announcing today the end, effective this night of Wednesday, September 17, 2025, of the six months emergency rule imposed on Rivers State.
The President in a statement he personally signed and released on Wednesday afternoon, reviewed the circumstances that led to the declaration of state of emergency on the oil-rich state, expressing satisfaction that the measure has achieved its objectives.
He said: “I am happy today that, from the intelligence available to me, there is a groundswell of a new spirit of understanding, a robust readiness, and potent enthusiasm on the part of all the stakeholders in Rivers State for an immediate return to democratic governance. This is undoubtedly a welcome development for me and a remarkable achievement for us. I therefore do not see why the state of emergency should exist a day longer than the six months I had pronounced at the beginning of it.
“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.”