President Bola Tinubu has declared an end to the six-month state of emergency in Rivers State, announcing that Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the State House of Assembly will return to office on Thursday, September 18, 2025.
In a statement issued Wednesday by the Presidency, Tinubu said the emergency rule, first imposed on March 18, 2025, was necessary to halt what he described as the “total paralysis of governance” in the state.
He recalled that a fierce political standoff between the governor and 27 lawmakers loyal to the House Speaker had crippled governance, with the Supreme Court ruling at one point that “there was no government in Rivers State.”
“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.
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