WIKE OPTIMISTIC RIVERS EMERGENCY RULE WILL END SEPT. 18, PAVING WAY FOR ASSEMBLY RESUMPTION

August 30, 2025

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By: Sefiu Ajape

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday expressed optimism that the state of emergency in Rivers State would end on September 18.

He made the remark after casting his vote in the ongoing local government election in the state.

Wike stated that the expiration would allow the state House of Assembly to resume its legislative duties.

“As far as we are concerned, this election is peaceful, people are trooping out and at the end of the day the election has been conducted successfully and peacefully.

“I do know that by September 18, the state of emergency will expire and the state assembly will come back to their job and we will have a government at the grassroots level,” Wike said.

The minister added that the conditions were suitable for lifting the emergency, as both state and local governments now had proper representation.

He said, “The coast is clear for the state of emergency to be lifted, being that the state government has its representative and the local government has its representatives, so we are good to go.”

President Bola Tinubu had earlier imposed emergency rule in Rivers to prevent a political crisis, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and the State House of Assembly for six months.