After casting his vote in the ongoing local government election on Saturday, August 30, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, expressed optimism that the state of emergency in Rivers State will be lifted on September 18.
According to the former Rivers State Governor, this 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,” Persecondnews quotes Wike as saying.
According to the minister, the conditions are now right for lifting the state of emergency since both state and local governments now had representation.
He also 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.”
Persecondnews recalls that President Bola Tinubu had in March 2025 imposed emergency rule in Rivers to prevent a political crisis, suspending Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and the State House of Assembly for six months.
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