After six turbulent months of emergency administration, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has restored democratic governance in Rivers State.
The President, in a statement issued Wednesday, September 17, 2025, confirmed that the emergency rule imposed on March 18, 2025, had ended. Beginning September 18, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Deputy Governor Ngozi Nma Odu, Speaker Martins Amaewhule, and other Assembly members will resume their duties.
Tinubu emphasized that the intervention was a last resort to stabilize a state rocked by bitter infighting between the executive and legislative arms. The clash between Fubara and 27 pro-Speaker lawmakers had effectively crippled governance, with the Supreme Court remarking at the time 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 President said.
The lifting of the emergency brings hope for a fresh chapter in Rivers, a state that had been under intense political and administrative paralysis. Stakeholders believe the onus now lies on leaders to deliver peace and progress to the people.
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