Tag: Fubara

Rivers: “We’re at war” – APC urges FG to declare state-of-emergency

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Rivers Police

The All Progressives Congress (APC) chapter in Rivers State has asked the Federal Government to declare a ‘state of emergency’ in the State. Addressing a press conference yesterday, chairman of the caretaker committee of the party in Rivers, Tony Okocha, said the governor, Siminialayi Fubara and security agencies in the State are “helpless”. The APC caretaker chairman said, “The Federal Government needs to “act fast” in Rivers following the decision of some former LGA chairmen who attempted to continue in office. The governor is helpless; the Police are helpless. “Therefore,…

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Rivers: Police take over 23 LG secretariats, as crisis spreads

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Rivers Police

…“I won’t allow my supporters to be arrested”, Fubara vows Rivers State Police Command says it has taken over the 23 local government councils in the State, as well as some critical infrastructure in the oil and gas-rich State. The State Police Command’s Spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement issued yesterday night. The Police said the action was to forestall further bloodbath as well as a breakdown of law and order due to the spread of the crisis over the tenure of the outgoing local government chairmen. Iringe-Koko…

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Rivers: Court declares 25 pro-Wike lawmakers’s seats vacant

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Rivers H'Assembly

The Rivers State High Court, sitting in Port-Harcourt, yesterday, has issued an interlocutory injunction barring the pro-Wike lawmakers led by factional Speaker, Martins Amaewhule, from further sitting and parading themselves as members of the State’s House of Assembly. The court, presided over by Justice Charles.N. Wali, gave the order in a suit filed by the pro-Governor Siminalayi Fubara House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Victor Oko-Jumbo and two others, Sokari Goodboy and Orubienimigha Timothy. In court papers, the suit listed 25 lawmakers as 1st to 25th Defendants and the…

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“Ganduje, Damagum collaborating with Wike to overthrow Fubara’s govt.” — Clark

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Clark on Ganduje

A prominent South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has taken a swipe at the National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje and the Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Umar Damagum, accusing them of planning with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to sabotage the elected government of Rivers State and the governor, Siminalayi Fubara. The Ijaw leader has called on both the National Working Committee (NWC) and the National Executive Committee (NEC) of their Parties and stakeholders to call…

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Rivers: “We won’t allow politicians plunge State into crisis” – Ijaw group warns

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Ijaw group

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has vowed that it won’t allow the current political turbulence in the Rivers State between Governor Siminilayi Fubara and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, plunge the State into crisis. The council stated this in a communiqué issued yesterday, at the end of a one-day peace and security Summit convened by the IYC with leaders of various youth bodies from different ethnic nationalities in the Niger-Delta who sued for peace. It said the peace and security Summit, held on May 17,…

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Rivers: Fubara vows to probe ex-Gov. Wike

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Fubara to probe Wike

Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has vowed to set-up a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate how the affairs of governance were conducted in the State before he assumed office. Fubara gave the hint at the swearing-in of the new Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Dagogo Israel Iboroma, (SAN), at Government House, Port Harcourt, yesterday. The Governor said he was bringing the Attorney-General on board at a critical time when there were lots of legal matters that needed to be tackled, with bravery and courage. He said, “Let me say…

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Rivers Political Crisis: “Tinubu won’t take sides” – Presidency to Wike

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Presidency Wike

President Bola Tinubu, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has told the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike and others that he will not take sides in the on-going crisis rocking Rivers State. The Special Adviser made the President’s position known during an interview on a television programme yesterday, insisting that Tinubu won’t allow any attempt to frustrate the Rivers State government. Ngelale said that anyone with the belief that President Tinubu would take their side in the political crisis would be disappointed. “I…

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‘Rivers political crisis may consume Nigeria’s democracy’ – Bode George warns Tinubu

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Bode George

Former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently intervene in the ongoing political crises in Rivers State to avert the breakdown of law and order in the State. George, who described the crisis in Rivers as a time-bomb waiting to explode, said nobody should sit on the fence and pretend as if everything was okay. He, therefore, also appealed to the party’s elders and stakeholders to intervene in the political crisis rocking Rivers to stop it from becoming…

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Rivers: LGA chairmen dare Fubara, vow to remain in office beyond tenure 

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Fubara

The Rivers State chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, (ALGON), has slammed the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, accusing him of tempering with funds meant for the 23 LGAs in the State in the last 12 months. The association also alleged that the governor withheld the LG funds for April, while one of the councils, Emuoha, has not received the funds due to it since March 2024. The body noted that the action of the Fubara-led State government has denied the local government chairmen of their functions in…

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Rivers: Fubara sets up committee to recover all State  properties ‘falsely’ grabbed by former Gov. Wike

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Fubara Wike

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has set up a committee to recover all State  properties allegedly grabbed  falsely by the former State governor, Nyesom Wike. Some of the properties identified for immediate recovery are: The old NDDC building on Aba road; The mall on GRA junction (under demolition); West African Glass Industry; Rivers State University Hostel K Campus; Rivers State High Rise aka PHC Towers; Nigeria Engineering Works, a.k.a NEW. Others are: ?Civil servants Lodge building @ Old GRA; Shoprite complex; The Hypercity land by NLNG roundabout (Estern Bypass) ,…

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