Fubara Resumes In Office Friday – Wike

By Adesina Soyooye

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, whose six months suspension from office expired on September 18, 2025, will resume in office today, Friday, September 19.

Fubara’s  suspension on March 18, 2025, was lifted by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday (from 12.00 midnight Thursday), was expected to resume on Thursday.

In anticipation of his resumption, hundreds of excited Rivers people trooped to Government House gate to welcome him.

But they were met with disappointment. He did not resume. His Deputy, Dr. Ngozi Odu, too. Only the members of the House of Assembly did.

While anxiety engulfed the State, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, without exactly saying when Fubara would resume, gave an inkling.

Speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Thursday night, Wike said no law said the Governor must resume on the day his suspension ended. He has not broken any law, Wike said.

But the Minister assured Fubara would arrive (Nigeria) on Thursday, meaning Fubara was out of the country just like Wike who arrived  Thursday morning. He said he spoke to Fubara on Wednesday.

Wike: “As I speak to you, as of yesterday, (Wednesday) I spoke to the Governor. I told him I was leaving that night to come back, and he told me he was leaving  this morning (Thursday).

“So, I can tell you that by the grace of God, peace has returned. And look at what the Assembly did today to set the tone. You can see peace. You can see we are prepared for the interest of the State. Let’s move forward”.

The Assembly, on resumption, asked the Governor to present his appropriation bill for the remaining of the year. He was also asked to submit the names of his Commissioner-nominees.