{"id":122378,"date":"2025-09-20T06:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T05:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=122378"},"modified":"2025-09-20T06:50:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T05:50:52","slug":"rivers-i-accepted-emergency-rule-for-peace-stability-fubara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/rivers-i-accepted-emergency-rule-for-peace-stability-fubara\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers: I accepted emergency rule for peace, stability &#8211; Fubara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa, Abuja<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that he accepted the state of emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu with the firm conviction that no sacrifice is too great to secure peace, stability, and progress in Rivers State.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statewide broadcast on Friday, Fubara explained that he chose to cooperate with President Tinubu and the National Assembly for the future of the state. He added that he prioritized the progress of Rivers State over personal or political disputes.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs your Governor, I accepted to abide by the state of emergency declaration, guided by my conviction that no sacrifice was too great to secure peace, stability, and progress of Rivers State,\u201d he stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fubara disclosed that he resisted pressures to challenge the constitutionality of the emergency rule, which included the suspension of democratic institutions. He lauded Tinubu\u2019s intervention in facilitating peace among key stakeholders, including former governor Nyesom Wike, members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, and himself.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe believe the political crisis is now behind us, and peace and stability have once again returned to Rivers State, though not without hard lessons learnt from the emergency rule,\u201d Fubara remarked. He called on political leaders and stakeholders to set aside differences and unite for the state\u2019s development.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The governor expressed gratitude to President Tinubu for his \u201cfatherly disposition and decisive interventions\u201d in resolving the crisis and restoring full democratic governance to Rivers State.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recall that on March 18, 2025, President Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following what he described as a total breakdown of governance. The crisis stemmed from deep political divisions between the Governor and a faction of the State House of Assembly, which had split into rival camps.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dispute triggered violent confrontations, vandalism of critical infrastructure, including oil pipelines, and rising insecurity across the state. The federal authorities argued that the emergency measure was necessary to prevent further chaos and restore order.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, after months of tension, President Tinubu lifted the emergency rule on September 17, 2025. The decision followed appeals from stakeholders and efforts at reconciliation, which stabilized governance in the state. The President emphasized that democratic institutions must thrive and that restoring constitutional order was vital for peace, development, and the protection of citizens\u2019 rights.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa, Abuja Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that he accepted the state of emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu with the firm conviction that no sacrifice&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rivers: I accepted emergency rule for peace, stability - Fubara - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/rivers-i-accepted-emergency-rule-for-peace-stability-fubara\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rivers: I accepted emergency rule for peace, stability - Fubara - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Myke Agunwa, Abuja Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that he accepted the state of emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu with the firm conviction that no sacrifice&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/rivers-i-accepted-emergency-rule-for-peace-stability-fubara\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-20T05:50:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Gov.-Siminalayi-Fubara-of-Rivers.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/rivers-i-accepted-emergency-rule-for-peace-stability-fubara\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/rivers-i-accepted-emergency-rule-for-peace-stability-fubara\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"Rivers: I accepted emergency rule for peace, stability &#8211; 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