The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that he is “optimistic” that the “state of emergency” declared in Rivers State will expire on September 18.
He made the comments after casting his vote in the local government election, which he described as “peaceful” and successful.
Wike said that the expiration of the emergency rule would allow the State House of Assembly to “resume its legislative duties” and restore local government administration.
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“As far as we are concerned, this election is peaceful, people are trooping out and at the end of the day the election has been conducted successfully and peacefully,” he said.
He further added, “I do know that by September 18, the state of emergency will expire and the state assembly will come back to their job and we will have a government at the grassroots level.”
The minister believes that the conditions are now right for the emergency rule to be lifted since the state and local governments have representatives in place.
He said, “The coast is clear for the state of emergency to be lifted, being that the state government has its representative and the local government has its representatives, so we are good to go.”
President Bola Tinubu had imposed the six-month emergency rule on March 18, 2025, in order to address a political crisis, which had led to the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and the State House of Assembly.
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