Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers State, was nowhere to be found Tuesday evening after military trucks were sent into the Government House in Port Harcourt.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
The deployment occurred on the first night of the state of emergency that President Bola Tinubu proclaimed in reaction to an increase in attacks on the state’s oil installations. Earlier, if the Rivers State House of Assembly moved forward with its plans to impeach Governor Fubara, some militant groups had threatened to blow up pipelines. The extremists delivered on their promise, targeting the area’s oil infrastructure, just hours after the parliamentarians presented the governor with a notice of suspected malfeasance. As a result, President Tinubu appointed an administrator to preside over the state and suspended the governor and parliament for six months.
After the emergency was declared, armored vehicles were positioned at key locations along the route, and at least ten military trucks were observed monitoring the road heading to the Government House. Fearing potential violence, residents hurried to their homes, leaving the normally crowded road from UTC Junction to the Government House largely empty. A resident in Port Harcourt, who wished to remain anonymous, explained the difficult circumstances. “The road leading to Government House from Isaac Boro Park to UTC Junction is completely deserted. People are racing home to avoid being caught in any crossfire. Armoured tanks were positioned at strategic points of entry to the Government House, and I saw maybe ten military trucks moving around,” the person claimed.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
