{"id":3636,"date":"2025-04-24T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2025-04-24T15:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T15:06:00","slug":"emergency-rule-rivers-sole-administrator-splits-fire-warns-pro-fubara-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/emergency-rule-rivers-sole-administrator-splits-fire-warns-pro-fubara-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Rule: Rivers Sole Administrator splits Fire,\u00a0 Warns Pro-Fubara protesters\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Disturbed by the on going\u00a0 agitations by Pro-Fubara protesters to reinstate the suspended governor of Rivers State,\u00a0 Rivers State Sole Administrator, Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas has issued a stern warning to pro-Fubara protesters in the state, calling for his removal and reinstatement of the suspended Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara and all democratically elected officials of the state.<\/div>\n
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Recall that President Bola Tinubu on March 18, 2025, declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following a reported explosion attack on oil facilities in the state.<\/div>\n
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He also suspended the state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu and the State House of Assembly and appointed Ibas as Sole Administrator of the State, for an initial six months.<\/div>\n
Ibas’ arrival to Rivers State as the Sole Administrator, after the declaration of emergency rule has been greeted with series of protests and counter-protest, with the majority of the protesters calling for the reinstatement of their democratically elected governor and other officials.<\/div>\n
Reacting to the protests, the Senior Special Adviser on Media, to Vice Admiral Ibas (Rtd.), Hector Igbikiowubo, warned supporters of the suspended Governor Fubara, to exercise restraint following the ongoing protests against the Sole Administrator.<\/div>\n
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The Special Adviser reminded the pro-Fubara protesters that the gazette imposing emergency rule in the state granted the sole administrator \u201csweeping powers.\u201d<\/div>\n
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He said the pro-Fubara protests by their continued actions are testing the will of the administrator, and former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd.).<\/div>\n
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Igbikiowubo explained that the sole administrator had chosen to exercise restraint rather than use the broad powers granted to him by the gazette.<\/div>\n
He said, \u201cThe fact that people are able to protest speaks to the administrator\u2019s level of tolerance. If you check the gazette declaring emergency rule, you will see that it grants the administrator sweeping powers. Yes, sweeping powers. But fortunately for Rivers residents, the administrator has exercised restraint.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThese protests, for whatever reason, are testing the administrator\u2019s will.”<\/div>\n
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He advised the Rivers residents, especially supporters of the suspended Governor, Fubara, to instead join hands with the State Administrator to achieve sustainable peace and restoration of democratic institutions in the state.<\/div>\n
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“We urge Rivers residents to be restrained. It is important that we allow a cool head to prevail at this time. All hands must be on deck to restore democratic institutions, stressing that peace and restoration of democratic institutions in the state will not be achieved through protests, harassment, or attempts to intimidate the administrator,” he added.<\/div>\n
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He disclosed that the Sole Administrator, as part of his peace-building efforts, has been taking steps to address the concerns of the protesters, through engagement with various stakeholder groups in the state.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe administrator met with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the state on Tuesday. They had lengthy discussions, and the CAN leadership provided advice on the way forward and the things they would like to see done.<\/div>\n
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This meeting took place at the administrator\u2019s initiative, and he is making arrangements to meet with other important stakeholders in the state.\u201d<\/div>\n
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According to him, the engagements with CAN and other stakeholders reflect the administrator\u2019s commitment to restoring democracy in Rivers State.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThis speaks to his preparedness, his mindset. He is fully committed to restoring democracy in Rivers State,\u201d he stated.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Our Reporter Disturbed by the on going\u00a0 agitations by Pro-Fubara protesters to reinstate the suspended governor of Rivers State,\u00a0 Rivers State Sole Administrator, Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas has issued a stern warning to pro-Fubara protesters in the state, calling for his removal and reinstatement of the suspended Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara and all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[314,2353,2351,2352,490,2354],"class_list":["post-3636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-emergency","tag-preparedness","tag-protesters","tag-reinstate","tag-restoration","tag-suspended"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3637,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions\/3637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}