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Soldiers hold Fubara, family hostage at Rivers governor’s residence

Attempts by Mr Fubara and his family to pack their belongings out of the Government House have been rebuffed by the soldiers, who suppressed all movements around the premises.


Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his family are being held hostage at the Government House, Port-Harcourt, by a contingent of heavily armed soldiers Tuesday night, Peoples Gazette has learnt.

The development comes moments after President Bola Tinubu invoked Section 180 of the Nigerian Constitution to proclaim a state of emergency in Rivers. The Nigerian leader based his controversial move on a prolonged and rapidly escalating political feud led by state lawmakers loyal to Nyesom Wike, who commenced impeachment proceedings against Mr Fubara last week to settle scores in his fallout with Mr Wike, who engineered Mr Fubara’s election in 2023 despite corruption charges.

Rivers government sources told The Gazette that soldiers carrying out the president’s instructions on declaring the state of emergency barricaded all entrances and exits to the government house immediately after the president’s speech.

Attempts by Mr Fubara and his family to pack their belongings out of the Government House have been rebuffed by the soldiers, who suppressed all movements around the premises.

“We are being held hostage,” an affected official told The Gazette from the scene on Tuesday night. “They said they don’t have instruction to let anyone leave the premises.”

It was unclear whether the soldiers implemented their duties as instructed or were overzealous in following specific orders.

Spokespersons for the Nigerian Army and Defence Headquarters did not immediately return requests seeking comments about the soldiers’ treatment of the Fubaras.

Mr Tinubu’s declaration to suspend the feuding parties from office for six months, effective Tuesday, sparked furious debates across social media as netizens argued whether the president had constitutional grounds to suspend an elected governor whom the state lawmakers have not yet impeached. Efforts to impeach Mr Fubara began on Monday, barely 24 hours before Mr Tinubu imposed an emergency ordinance.

Lawyers like Inibehe Effiong and Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana have excoriated the president for taking the law into his own hands without regard for the Constitution’s position.

The president named the retired chief of naval staff, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, as the military in Rivers in the interim.

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Asari Dokubo, it's time to act.

Shebi na Igbos be your problem?

Held for what? Sack is not arrest ooo.

ukukaegbu:
Asari Dokubo, it's time to act.

Shebi na Igbos be your problem?

Asari is helpless on this

Tinubu this is the same way you’ll be held hostage by soldiers when your time is up. It’s very clear that you the one that is main protagonists in Rivers State crisis, it shall never be well with your istration. You claim to be a champion of democracy but in reality you have destroyed the very essence of democracy. You have just succeeded in setting this country ablaze, watch how these militants would wreck havoc in Niger delta all because of your incompetence.

After watching how Fubara pulled down Rivers State HoA (a structure that nobody can afford to build in his entire lineage), I have now come to the realisation that the house should've kicked him out a long time ago.

BTW, Nigeria needs a public ability office that will punish these political leaders for all the mess they made while in office. This country cannot continue like this.

Hold him oo

Foolish mad wey bulldoze a whole House of Assembly deserve to be arrested. Just imagine o.

Is he also taking advice from the same mad man advising Elupee 69?

Treason!

The people of Rivers should rise

SmartPolician:
After watching how Fubara pulled down Rivers State HoA (a structure that nobody can afford to build in his entire lineage), I have now come to the realisation that the house should've kicked him out a long time ago.

BTW, Nigeria needs a public ability office that will punish these political leaders for all the mess they made while in office. This country cannot continue like this.

Stop injecting your peculiar strand of nuisance into the whole discuss. You guys are all over the place and nowhere in particular. He pulled down the house, so what? This happened almost 2 years ago. They were trying to impeach him barely few days after being sworn in because he was not opening the vaults of the state to be assaulted by Wike. He should have stood hands akimbo and allowed them to chase him away? This is why tyrants have been ruling you lot for almost a century now

So, you are not just removing him. You also want to arrest and kill him for Wike?

Well done Mr Tinubu.. 👍

owobokiri:


Stop injecting your peculiar strand of nuisance into the whole discuss. You guys are all over the place and nowhere in particular. He pulled down the house, so what? This happened almost 2byears ago. They ere trying to impeach him barely few days after being sworn in because he was not opening the vaults of the state to be assaulted by Wike. He should have stood hands akimbo and allowed them.to chase him away? This is why tyrants have been ruling you lot for almoat century now

This comment disgusts me!

SmartPolician:


This comment disgusts me!

The existence of you agbadorians is what disgusts every sane human.

To you nincompoops, Gov. Fubara should have opened the treasury for Wike to loot and steal as he likes. It should have been a bonanza, because Rivers state is Wike's personal property..

Wike's fall will be hard and fatal by the grace of God.

They will allow him to leave. I think he'll probably have to leave latest this morning.

Highly unlikely he will be allowed all the time he needs to pack and move all his personal effects.

That is the nature of a State of Emergency.

'Emergency' is the key word.

And when the army is involved, emergency truly means emergency. No time wasting.

I won't be surprised if he leaves with just one or 2 suit cases. That's all. Everything else will be left behind.

It must be humiliating for a Governor.

Toh

The route Fubara could have avoided had he listened to all the advise

helinues:
Toh

Toh today?

helinues:
Toh

The route Fubara could have avoided had he listened to all the advise

Gettat arraherrrr

id4sho:


Gettat arraherrrr

Why are you crying early in the morning?

Hehehe 😅😅


We are now in a full blown dictatorship!

Tinubu like Abacha would surely eat his own apple if he doesn't retrace his steps.

helinues:
Toh

The route Fubara could have avoided had he listened to all the advise

Shut up! What about Wike who is causing trouble in the state?

obi4eze:


Shut up! What about Wike who is causing trouble in the state?

Make una express una self without always attacking others

Wetin self

It is funny that this incident is coming soon after Edwin Clark's death.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62f_GnqA14o?

Tor, hope they don't struggle witht he men in kaki

sweerychick:
Tinubu this is the same way you’ll be held hostage by soldiers when your time is up. It’s very clear that you the one that is main protagonists in Rivers State crisis, it shall never be well with your istration. You claim to be a champion of democracy but in reality you have destroyed the very essence of democracy. You have just succeeded in setting this country ablaze, watch how these militants would wreck havoc in Niger delta all because of your incompetence.

If it is not well with Tinubu istration, does it affect Tinubu and his family and even d politicians?,but same Nigeria masses

sweerychick:
Tinubu this is the same way you’ll be held hostage by soldiers when your time is up. It’s very clear that you the one that is main protagonists in Rivers State crisis, it shall never be well with your istration. You claim to be a champion of democracy but in reality you have destroyed the very essence of democracy. You have just succeeded in setting this country ablaze, watch how these militants would wreck havoc in Niger delta all because of your incompetence.

Hunger is that you? cursing an istration to further impverish your already poor ass...hahah no be juju be this....

helinues:
Toh

The route Fubara could have avoided had he listened to all the advise

Wic advise if I may ask? For not being a boy governor.

helinues:


Make una express una self without always attacking others

Wetin self

Shut up again! Why concentrate on Fubara alone? Is he the only party in the crisis?

SmartPolician:
After watching how Fubara pulled down Rivers State HoA (a structure that nobody can afford to build in his entire lineage), I have now come to the realisation that the house should've kicked him out a long time ago.

BTW, Nigeria needs a public ability office that will punish these political leaders for all the mess they made while in office. This country cannot continue like this.

If there was wisdom in beards, all goats will be prophet.

Smart ko, mat ni

obi4eze:


Shut up again! Why concentrate on Fubara alone? Is he the only party in the crisis?

Is your name Fubara?

Why are you getting bitter and aggressive on my mentions?

I hate hypocrites. Anybody angry at what Tinubu has done but s what Trump is doing with Zelensky and Putin is a bloody yellow bellied hypocrite! Tinubu did not mention Wike in his speech, bla bla bla. But you ed Trump when he left Putin the aggressor and started attacking Zelensky. You hailed and are still hailing Trump that he is bringing peace. Well, Tinubu is bringing peace. You nor see una selves?!

Now you all know whom the boss is