Tinubu has appointed Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas as Rivers State Administrator.
GoldenNewsNg had reported earlier that President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, south-south Nigeria.
President Tinubu introduced in a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday night, March 18, 2025, over the political disaster and instability within the state.
The president mentioned Siminalayi Fubara, governor of the State; his deputy, Ngozi Odu; and all members of the Rivers meeting are “hereby suspended for an preliminary interval of six months”.
“Having soberly mirrored on and evaluated the political scenario in Rivers State and the Governor and Deputy Governor of Rivers State having did not make a request to me as President to problem this proclamation as required by part 305(5) of the 1999 Structure as amended, it has turn into inevitably compelling for me to invoke the supply of part 305 of the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State with impact from at the moment, 18th March, 2025 and I so do,” the president mentioned.
A couple of minutes after the President declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, he nominated retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, a former chief of naval employees, because the administrator of Rivers State.
This on-line information platform understands that Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas might be accountable for overseeing the affairs of Rivers State for at the very least six months.
The President mentioned the administrator will handle the state with out enacting new legal guidelines however could problem rules topic to federal government council approval and presidential promulgation.
President Tinubu mentioned the judicial arm of Rivers State stays unaffected and can proceed its constitutional duties.
The president mentioned his intervention, printed within the federal gazette and shared with the nationwide meeting, seeks to revive peace and order within the troubled state.
“The administrator is not going to make any new legal guidelines. He’ll, nonetheless, be free to formulate rules as could also be discovered essential to do his job, however such rules will have to be thought-about and permitted by the Federal Government Council and promulgated by the president for the state,” the president mentioned in a televised broadcast.
“This declaration has been printed within the federal gazette, a replica of which has been forwarded to the Nationwide Meeting in accordance with the structure.
“It’s my fervent hope that this inevitable intervention will assist to revive peace and order in Rivers State by awakening all of the contenders to the constitutional imperatives binding on all political gamers in Rivers State particularly and Nigeria as an entire.”
In the meantime, Newsone stories that the brand new Rivers administrator served as chief of naval employees from 2015 to 2021. He additionally served as Nigeria’s ambassador to Ghana
