Just two months after the return to democratic governance, hostility appears to be reigniting between Rivers lawmakers and Governor Siminialayi Fubara.
The conflict intensified when Speaker Martin Amaewhule publicly accused Fubara of deliberately “sidelining state lawmakers in the governance of the state.”
Amaewhule held an emergency press briefing late Thursday with 10 Assembly members, denouncing Governor Fubara’s earlier statement that he had been unable to meet with the lawmakers because FCT Minister Nyesom Wike had yet to convene such a meeting.
Amaewhule called Fubara’s statement “unnecessary and unfortunate.”
The Speaker alleged that, contrary to the Governor’s claims, it is Fubara who has not been disposed to working with the Assembly.
He further claimed that since taking office, the Governor has been spending funds from both the 2024 and 2025 appropriations without legislative approval.
Amaewhule explained that he chose to respond to Fubara’s allegation to prevent a recurring falsehood from being accepted as truth.
He accused the Governor of defaulting on all agreements reached with the Assembly and alleged that Fubara is “deliberately working tirelessly for another round of political crisis in the state.”
Amaewhule tasked Governor Fubara to rise up and be the “true leader which the Rivers people earnestly desire,” stating that the people have suffered enough due to the governor’s alleged “indolence.”
Persecondnews recalls that Fubara was reinstated as the Governor of Rivers State on September 17, 2025, after a six-month suspension following the declaration of emergency rule.
The suspension was lifted by President Bola Tinubu, who had declared a state of emergency in the state on March 18, 2025, due to a constitutional crisis.
Fubara’s reinstatement came into effect at midnight on September 17, 2025, and he, along with the deputy governor and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, was expected to resume work on September 18, 2025.
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