Watch The Moment President Tinubu Declared State of Emergency in Rivers

The moment President Tinubu declared a State of Emergency in Rivers has emerged.

Newsone Nigeria reports that President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, south-south Nigeria.

President Tinubu announced in a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday evening, March 18, 2025, over the political crisis and instability in the state.

The president said Siminalayi Fubara, governor of the State; his deputy, Ngozi Odu; and all members of the Rivers assembly are “hereby suspended for an initial period of six months”.

“Having soberly reflected on and evaluated the political situation in Rivers State and the Governor and Deputy Governor of Rivers State having failed to make a request to me as President to issue this proclamation as required by section 305(5) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, it has become inevitably compelling for me to invoke the provision of section 305 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State with effect from today, 18th March, 2025 and I so do,” the president said.

Watch the moment Tinubu declared a State of Emergency in Rivers…

Pres Tinubu Declares State Of Emergency In Rivers State🧎🏻‍♂️‍➡️
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Meanwhile, Newsone reports that the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Tinubu is coming a day after an explosion rocked a section of the Trans Niger Pipeline in Bodo Community in Gonna Local Government Area of Rivers State.