Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The reinstatement of Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu has elicited divergent reactions from some political players and rights activists.<\/p>\nOn March 18, 2025, Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, during which Fubara, the deputy governor, and all members of the state House of Assembly were suspended.<\/p>\n
President Tinubu also appointed a Sole Administrator, Ibok Ibas, to preside over the state during the duration of the suspension.<\/p>\n
But on Wednesday, Tinubu announced the reinstatement of the governor, saying: \u201cIt therefore gives me great pleasure to declare that the emergency in Rivers State of Nigeria shall end with effect from midnight today. The Governor, His Excellency Siminalayi Fubara, the deputy governor, Her Excellency Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly and the speaker, Martins Amaewhule, will resume work in their offices from 18 September 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since the reinstatement was announced, different views are being expressed in reaction to the president\u2019s declaration.<\/p>\n
Tinubu committed to peace, sustenance of democracy reinstating Fubara \u2013 Wike<\/b><\/p>\n
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for restoring democratic governance to Rivers State by ending the emergency rule he imposed on the State.<\/p>\n
Wike, who noted that the President has once again demonstrated his total commitment to peace and sustenance of democracy in the country, said his proactive action saved the State.<\/p>\n
In a statement forwarded to DAILY POST by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, the FCT Minister, said the President\u2019s intervention had further restored the confidence of the people of Rivers State in his leadership.<\/p>\n
He commended the people of the State for their belief in the President and continuous support for him in his tireless efforts to return the country to the path of progress and development.<\/p>\n
Wike called on all stakeholders in the State to work together harmoniously in the collective interest of the State and its people.<\/p>\n
The Minister, who cautioned troublemakers, especially fifth columnists who are always seeking to benefit from the crisis to stay away from the State, added that, \u201cFrom Rivers State going forward, the only news that will emanate will be that of peace, progress and development.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tinubu decimating democracy, nothing to cheer \u2013 Atiku<\/b><\/p>\n
Expressing displeasure, Atiku\u2019s media aide, Paul Ibe, described Tinubu\u2019s actions as illegal and unconstitutional because the president lacked the power to suspend a democratically elected governor.<\/p>\n
Ibe said Tinubu\u2019s administration was using state institutions to decimate the opposition and coerce them into the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cHow can you suspend what you don\u2019t have the power to suspend? It was an illegality; there is nothing to clap and celebrate over.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president has no power to vacate a democratically elected governor of a state; there is no provision for that. The signs are clear that the democratic space is being further constrained, restrained, and diminished on account of all of that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is just a continuation of all of that. Why would he have suspended a governor that he didn\u2019t have the power to? He didn\u2019t elect him; the governor was elected by the people, and it\u2019s the people that have the power to validate him by either granting him a second term or going back to the people.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president does not have that power and should not have arrogated that power to himself. What he did was illegal, unconstitutional, and it remains illegal and unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether he has reinstated him or not is immaterial, and we should be concerned that this administration under Tinubu has continued to use the institutions of state, including the anti-corruption agencies and other institutions of government, to coerce everybody into the APC.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe opposition is being decimated, and they are being deliberate about it. What kind of democracy is that? This is a dictatorship; there is no democracy under the watch of this administration.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is nothing to celebrate; there is nothing to cheer about his reinstatement. He should not have been suspended in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tinubu\u2019s hatchet job done, Fubara decimated, neutralized \u2013 Lawyer Idam<\/b><\/p>\n
On his part, human rights lawyer, Maduabuchi Idam said Fubara had been decimated with his suspension and reinstatement by the president.<\/p>\n
Frowning at the president\u2019s action, the activist lawyer said Tinubu had not addressed the situation that led to Fubara\u2019s suspension.<\/p>\n
Speaking with DAILY POST, the lawyer said Tinubu\u2019s actions had shown dictatorship and not democracy.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThe hatchet job has been done; the intention of Mr. President and his surrogate has been accomplished, so the idea of reinstating Fubara is something that has become a necessity for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe man has been decimated, neutralized, which was the only fear.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president has not addressed the security situation in Rivers State. One would have expected that there would be a statement saying normalcy has returned because that was the issue and idea behind declaring the state of emergency in the first place; it was declared to return normalcy.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow Mr. President forgot to tell the public that the essence has been achieved, which is that of normalcy, and this is to tell you that there was no security crisis in the first place.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a political interest clash between Wike and Fubara, being that Fubara has been conquered and Mr. President\u2019s interest through Wike has been established in Rivers. So they now forgot to tell the people while continuing to hide under that cloak that there is a crisis in Rivers State to order the reinstatement of Fubara.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do not envy the governor; he has shown his crass desperation in politics, a crass ambition to continue to hold power. Otherwise, he was expected to have relinquished power. What is he looking for?<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the interest of our democracy, good governance, rule of law, and if not anything else say, look, a law has been abused. A sacred part of the constitution has been abused. Must he be the governor whose posterity at least reckons with him by the time all of us are no longer around, that there was a governor that they threatened, and he said no, I can no longer continue to take it?<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd when he was reinstated, he said no, I\u2019m no longer taking it. That is what we expected to see from Fubara, and not that they asked you to leave, you left, and they asked you to come back, you came back.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I\u2019m saying is that there is nothing to rejoice in Rivers; it\u2019s only the camp of Mr. President that should rejoice that their political influence has been established in Rivers State.\u201d<\/p>\n
A Puppet governor \u2013 Idam<\/b><\/p>\n
The activist lawyer further insisted that with Fubara\u2019s suspension and reinstatement without contesting it legally, he has become a puppet to the powers that be.<\/p>\n
\u201cFubara will be a puppet, and he will just be there; in fact, a local government chairman will be better than him. There is no need if the essence is to take charge of administration and deliver good governance independent of any external influence.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can tell you that Fubara has lost it. There will be no sauce in Rivers State; in fact, it\u2019s as good as accepting to be a commissioner in Rivers State as it stands now.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, Fubara is just there as a mere appendage of Wike. Fubara is not even worthy of a deputy governor because the influence has become more overwhelming than what it should have been if there was no issue between him and Wike.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tinubu has dragged Nigeria back to military era, set evil precedent \u2013 Adeyanju<\/b><\/p>\n
Frontline human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju accused Tinubu of setting an evil precedent and dragging Nigeria back to the military era by suspending and reinstating Fubara.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a sad precedent for our democracy, the president has dragged us back to the era of military regime. One would have thought that Nigeria\u2019s democracy has indeed matured and we have moved away from military men.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s even more ironic and sad that he (Tinubu) who fought the military is the one who has set this evil and bad precedent. How can the president suspend somebody who was duly elected,\u201d he told DAILY POST.<\/p>\n
Judiciary, opposition failed in Rivers<\/b><\/p>\n
He also accused the judiciary and opposition political parties of failing and allowing such an evil precedent in Rivers State.<\/p>\n
Adeyanju added: \u201cEven if people admit that we don\u2019t have any lawyer in the country, we don\u2019t have an Attorney General in the country or we don\u2019t have any law officers in the country, how can such a thing happen?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like a lion tarnishing a fellow lion in the lion kingdom, there is no justification whatsoever for this ripoff of our democracy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe president has spat on our democracy simpliciter, it\u2019s very sad and the dead opposition watched it happen without doing anything.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sad thing is that the judiciary could not take this case as an emergency to send a message to the presidency that the judiciary remains the last hope of the common man. The judiciary has also failed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe judiciary could stamp its feet on the ground for the people of Rivers. We should all be ashamed as Nigerians that we have indeed failed as a people, failure on all parts including the leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fubara\u2019s reinstatement a welcomed development \u2013 CUPP<\/b><\/p>\n
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has said it welcomes the termination of the state of emergency in Rivers State but strongly condemns its declaration as an egregious act of federal overreach and a direct assault on Nigeria\u2019s democratic principles.<\/p>\n
According to CUPP, the suspension of the elected governor, deputy governor, and the Rivers State House of Assembly for six months over a political dispute was an unconstitutional power grab that never should have occurred.<\/p>\n
CUPP said it firmly believes that democracy thrives on the will of the people and the independence of institutions, not through arbitrary suspensions or presidential proclamations.<\/p>\n
Source: Daily Post Nigeria<\/b><\/p>\n
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