Tag: Rivers state

Rivers elders criticise Tinubu over political crisis

Aminu Imam
Rivers elders criticise

The Rivers Elders and Leadership Forum has declared its support for Governor Siminalayi Fubara amidst the escalating political tensions in the State. Rufus Ada-George, the forum’s chairperson, announced the forum’s position during a news conference on Thursday in Port Harcourt, the State capital. Ada-George praised Fubara for demonstrating courage and maintaining a peaceful stance despite unwarranted provocations by certain politicians in Rivers. “We commend Fubara for his courage and determination in standing firm and resolute in defending the interests of the people of Rivers State. The governor, his team, and…

Read More

After Rivers defeat, Yoruba Council urges immediate sack of Wike

Aminu Imam
Yoruba Council urges2

…Cites 3 reasons  The Yoruba Council Worldwide (YCW) has called for the immediate removal of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, accusing him of contributing to political unrest in Rivers State.  Speaking on Sunday, the council’s president, Hassan Oladotun, cited specific reasons for the call for Wike’s removal from office, citing his role in the political unrest in the State. He maintained that Wike’s continued presence in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet is a “distraction” and poses a threat to democracy and peace in the Niger-Delta region. …

Read More

Rivers: APP sweeps LG Polls amid tight security 

Aminu Imam
APP sweeps LG polls

…Elders pay solidarity visit to Fubara The Action People’s Party (APP) has emerged victorious in the Rivers State Local Government elections, defeating candidates from other political parties.  Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Chairman declared 22 out of 23 APP Chairmanship Candidate Elect, Etche Chairmanship candidate winner, to be announced later. According to election results monitored by APP agents, the Party’s candidates gained an early lead and secured wins in several announced results. Despite initial concerns about the possibility of election-related violence, the polls were largely peaceful, with only isolated…

Read More

Just In! Explosion rocks APC secretariat, as Rivers local government election begin

Aminu Imam
Rivers election day

Suspected arsonists, in the early hours of Saturday, detonated explosives at the state secretariat of the main opposition political party in Rivers State, the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Port Harcourt. The explosion shattered the gate of the secretariat and the doors as local government elections took place in the state. Short video clips circulating on social media showed that the incident, suspected to be from dynamites Details to follow…

Read More

Rivers: “We’ll not provide security during LG elections” – Police

Aminu Imam
Police on LG polls

…”Other agencies’ll do the job” – Fubara The Police have directed their operatives not to provide for Rivers local governments election scheduled to hold today, Saturday. The Rivers Police Command’s spokesperson,  SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who announced this to newsmen yesterday in Port Harcourt, the State capital, said the decision to shun the poll was in line with the judgment of the Federal High Court barring the Police from providing security for the election, Iringe-Koko confirmed that the Command had begun withdrawing its officers from election duties. “The court order bars the…

Read More

Rivers: “My only offence is refusing to share States’ money to individuals” – Gov. Fubara

Aminu Imam
Fubara

Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that the only offence he committed against those fighting his administration in the state was his refusal to share State-owned resources to individuals. Fubara made the declaration in Port Harcourt on Moday, while speaking at the official commissioning of the headquarters of a political pressure group, the Simplicity Movement (SM). SM, which has presence in the 23 local government areas of the state, was founded by the governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) in the 2023 general election in the…

Read More

Rivers: Court declines to order by-election to replace 27 pro-Wike lawmakers in H’Assembly

Aminu Imam
Rivers Court declines

The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a defection suit instituted against the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. The suit seeking to replace the 27 lawmakers on account of their alleged defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was yesterday thrown out on various grounds. Among others, Justice Peter Lifu who delivered the judgment held that the suit instituted by the Action People’s Party APP was statute…

Read More

Rivers: Gov. Fubara directs all 23 LGA chairmen to contest under APP

Aminu Imam
Fubara Rivers

Rivers Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has directed all 23 local government chairmen in the state to contest the forthcoming local government elections under the banner of the All People’s Party, (APP). The decision comes in the wake of Governor Fubara losing control of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) structure in Rivers State to former governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. The local government elections are scheduled for October 5, 2024. Wike has maintained significant control over the PDP structure in the state, causing friction between…

Read More

“Wike is a threat to national security, democracy” – Rivers Elders tell Tinubu

Aminu Imam
Rivers elders

A group of Rivers State Elders, led by a former Governor, Rufus Ada George, has called on President Bola Ahmed to call the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to order over his threat to cause violence in some States. The Rivers Elders and Leadership Forum made the call in an open letter they wrote to draw the attention of President Tinubu to what they called the unsavory and demeaning threat statements widely circulating on news headlines made by the Minister in Port-Harcourt, the State capital, on Saturday,…

Read More

“You have Constitutional burden to stop terrorism, bomb explosions”– Group tells Tinubu

Aminu Imam
Group tells Tinubu2

An advocasy group, Vanguard for Transparent Leadership and Democracy, (VATLAD), has reminded President Bola Tinubu that he has the Constitutional burden to stop acts of terrorism and prosecute suspects. The call  by the group is in reaction to another bomb blast that occurred on Monday morning at the Rivers State Secretariat of the Action People’s Party, (APP). National President of the group, Igbini Emmanuel, in a press release said Rivers State being a leading economic treasure base of Nigeria, as a result of its huge petroleum fields cannot and must…

Read More