Tension As Tinubu Declares State Of Emergency In Rivers

tension as tinubu declares state of emergency in rivers

Rivers joins Plateau, Ekiti, Borno, Yobe, Adamawa as emergency rule states

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, yesterday, wielded the big stick yesterday to resolve the two-year political crisis ravaging Rivers State by declaring a state of emergency.

In a 1003-word nationwide broadcast, the President suspended the governor, Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu, and members of the State House of Assembly for six months.