Why I declared state of emergency in Rivers — Tinubu
•Appoints Vice Admiral Ibas as administrator •Suspends Fubara, Odu, lawmakers for six months PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, has explained the reason he declared state of emergency in Rivers State According to his broadcast, the president suspended the governor, Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu, and members of the State House of Assembly for six months. He appointed former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas, rtd, as administrator, and the appointment is subject to the confirmation of the National Assembly. Declaring the state of emergency yesterday, Tinubu said: “Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed at the turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in Rivers State. Like many of you, I have watched with concern the development, with the hope that the parties involved would allow good sense to prevail at the soonest, but all that hope burned out without any solution to the crisis. ‘’With the crisis persisting, there is no way democratic governa...