{"id":169242,"date":"2025-07-13T08:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-tinubu-intervened-at-right-time-ibas"},"modified":"2025-07-13T08:51:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T07:51:00","slug":"rivers-tinubu-intervened-at-right-time-ibas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-tinubu-intervened-at-right-time-ibas","title":{"rendered":"Rivers: Tinubu intervened at right time \u2013 Ibas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), has said that the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the political crisis that rocked the state earlier this year was timely and reassuring.<\/p>\n<p>Ibas stated this on Saturday at the grand finale of the 25th anniversary of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the President\u2019s decisive actions restored order and strengthened governance in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me express our sincere appreciation to His Excellency, Bola Tinubu, for his unwavering commitment to peace and stability in Rivers State and the broader Niger Delta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis intervention in restoring order and governance in the state was timely, firm, and deeply reassuring. Mr President continues to demonstrate strong political will for regional development, economic equity, and national cohesion. We are indeed grateful,\u201d Ibas said.<\/p>\n<p>It will be recalled that the Niger-Delta state had plunged into political turmoil after a fallout between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, which led to chaos in the state assembly and tension in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the crisis, President Tinubu declared a six-month state of emergency in March, suspending Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and appointing Ibas.<\/p>\n<p>The move sparked both praise and legal backlash.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that in June, Fubara and Wike resolved their rift after a peace meeting with Tinubu, pledging to work together to restore stability in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>They were later seen at a public gathering after the peace talks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), has said that the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the political crisis that rocked the state earlier this year was timely and reassuring. Ibas stated this on Saturday at the grand finale of the 25th anniversary of the Niger Delta [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":169241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,254],"class_list":["post-169242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rivers: Tinubu intervened at right time \u2013 Ibas - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-tinubu-intervened-at-right-time-ibas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rivers: Tinubu intervened at right time \u2013 Ibas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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