Friday May 30, 2025|
The suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has commended President Bola Tinubu for his timely intervention which halted the degeneration of the political crisis in the state.
Fubara said the president deserved all the kudos for acting wisely to salvage and stabilise the state.
According to Fubara, the story in the state “would have been different” if President Tinubu failed to act when he did.
Fubara stated thus at a meeting with leaders and stakeholders of the Simplified Movement as part of activities to mark his two years in office as Governor of Rivers State in Port Harcourt on Thursday, May 29.
It would be recalled that Tinubu had, in a nationwide broadcast on March 18, 2025 declared a state of emergency citing the need to restore law and order as the crisis between Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike festered.
He subsequently announced the suspension of Fubara, his deputy, Mrs Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State for an initial six months.
This was followed by the nomination of retired Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas as the Rivers State administrator to steer the affairs of the state, during the period of the emergency rule.
Fubara, in a statement on Thursday by his media aide, Nelson Chukwudi, said his supporters, Rivers people and Nigerians needed to thank President Tinubu for his swift intervention to salvage the state from looming anarchy arising from the festering political crisis.
He also said a peace and reconciliation process had been activated, assuring that all executive and legislative institutions would be restored.
He tasked his supporters to be open to the ongoing peace process to enable the state to move forward.
He said, “We are already in the peace process. I want you to thank Mr President for his timely intervention to salvage the situation, and stabilise the polity and the State. If not for Mr President, the story today would have been different.
“I don’t know how he gets his information, but the truth is that he acted with wisdom at the right time. He is the one you should thank. And let me also thank him personally for his intervention, and the personalities across the country, who moved in and appealed to him to intervene.
“We have to come down from our high horses and subject ourselves to the peace process. And that is what we are doing. What is important is for the State to move forward. It is not about you, the interest of the State is paramount.”
