JUST IN; FCT Minister Wike reveals date emergency rule will end in Rivers State

FCT Minister Wike reveals date emergency rule will end in Rivers State

Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike stated on Saturday that he expects the state of emergency in Rivers State to end on September 18.

The declaration would allow the Rivers State House of Assembly to resume its duties. Wike made the remarks while casting his vote in the local government election.

The state of emergency was declared by President Bola Tinubu to avert a political crisis, and it had led to the six-month suspension of Governor Sim Fubara, his deputy, and the State House of Assembly.

However, Wike said: “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.
“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 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.”