The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that the emergency rule in Rivers State will come to an end on September 18, 2025.
He gave the update after voting in the local government elections currently taking place across the state.
The polls are being conducted by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission under the watch of its Sole Administrator, Ibas.
This arrangement followed the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara earlier in the year.
He 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.”
