“By this declaration, the Governor of Rivers State, Mr Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs Ngozi Odu and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State are hereby suspended for an initial period of six months,” the President declared.
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Mr Ibas will essentially govern the oil-rich state for the next six months but his policies have to be approved by the Federal Executive Council led by Mr Tinubu. Mr Tinubu referenced the demolition as one of the reasons that prompted him to declare the state of emergency. He lamented that 14 months after Mr Fubara demolished the complex, he had not rebuilt it.
The president cited the security breach in Rivers on Monday including the vandalisation of pipelines “without the governor taking any action to curtail them.”
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