{"id":160367,"date":"2025-04-25T19:18:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-sole-administrator-ibas-meets-reps-committee-today-amid-protests"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:33:38","slug":"rivers-sole-administrator-ibas-meets-reps-committee-today-amid-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-sole-administrator-ibas-meets-reps-committee-today-amid-protests","title":{"rendered":"Rivers: Sole Administrator Ibas meets Reps committee today amid protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd) is billed to meet the Prof. Julius Ihonvbere-led House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State today, Friday, at the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The administrator was scheduled to meet the Committee on Thursday but failed to attend the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Committee members including the Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Ali Isah, were all in attendance on Thursday, but the administrator was later said to have been at the National Economic Council, NEC, meeting presided by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa.<\/p>\n<p>A source close to the Committee however disclosed that the meeting with Ibas was rescheduled for Friday, April 25, 2025, at the National Assembly complex.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is coming amid protests rocking Rivers, demanding the recall and restoration of the suspended Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.<\/p>\n<p>The protest on Friday, DAILY POST gathered, was by hundreds of women from Opobo Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Chanting solidarity songs, the protesters called on President Bola Tinubu to reinstate Fubara, end the state of emergency and sack Ibas from administering the state.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Opobo Women Association, Madam Felicia Pepple offered prayers for peace in Rivers State and for the reinstatement of Siminalayi Fubara at the King Jaja Monument Square.<\/p>\n<p>The women wore black attires depicting mourning over the situation in Rivers.<\/p>\n<p>A cleric, Venerable Michael Dappa, delivered a sermon that inspired the protesters.<\/p>\n<p>The women then marched to the Water Side, chanting, \u201cBring back our Governor,\u201d and sat on the ground in protest.<\/p>\n<p>Pepple declared as unconstitutional the situation in Rivers while pleading with President Tinubu to recall the 8governor without delay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd) is billed to meet the Prof. Julius Ihonvbere-led House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Rivers State today, Friday, at the National Assembly. The administrator was scheduled to meet the Committee on Thursday but failed to attend the meeting. 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