Tinubu suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and all elected officials in the state imposing a state of emergency after a power struggle erupted between them and former governor Nyesome Wike now a federal minister in Abuja (AC Vol 66 No 7 Tinubu bets the farm on Rivers State)...
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RIVERS STATE (south-south) Elected on a PDP ticket and questioning federal government actions Governor Siminalayi Fubara was suspended by the High Court in a bitterly disputed decision orchestrated by his predecessor Nyesom Wike...
Security deficitTinubu's exploitation of the 17 March attack on the Trans-Niger Pipeline to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State and suspend Peoples Democratic Party governor Siminalayi Fubara should not obscure the threat posed by Niger Delta attacks on onshore oil operations – including those acquired from international oil companies by Nigerian investors (Dispatches 24/3/25)...
In Rivers State where all elected officials have been suspended under a state of emergency decree Governor Siminalayi Fubara is negotiating with Tinubu (AC Vol 66 No 7 Tinubu bets the farm on Rivers State)...
In the latest twist in the power struggle to control Rivers State the two leading protagonists – Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike – both appear to have lost...
Ibas has dismissed Siminalayi Fubara's appointees and plans local elections likely solidifying APC's grassroots dominance...
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Lawmakers in both chambers of the House of Representatives and the Senate approved Tinubu's appointment of a sole administrator for the state governed by opposition Peoples Democratic Party's Siminalayi Fubara...
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Wike installed his former appointee Sim Fubara as governor of Rivers State to hold the fort in his absence while he sits in Abuja...
Wike was encouraged to keep his foothold in the PDP and has been fighting a rearguard action against his successor as Rivers State governor Siminalayi Fubara...
But Wike has also triggered a political crisis in Rivers State where he has been fighting with his successor Siminalayi Fubara who remains in the opposition People's Democratic Party (AC Vol 64 No 23)...
He has also commenced moves to impeach his successor in Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara and install a more pliant governor who will be a stooge of the ruling party...