Emergency Rule: I Have Fulfilled My Mandate In Rivers — Ibas

Rivers State sole administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (rtd), has declared the mandate handed to him by President Bola Tinubu has been “sufficiently achieved”, pursuing the palmy restoration of antiauthoritarian governance astatine the grassroots level.

Ibas disclosed this astatine the Government House, Port Harcourt, during a ceremonial wherever the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) presented the broad study of the precocious concluded section authorities elections.

He stated that the peaceful behaviour of the polls and the consequent swearing-in of democratically elected chairmen and councillors crossed each 23 section authorities areas marked the nonstop fulfillment of the statesmanlike directive issued to him connected March 18, 2025.

“Mr. President’s mandate to maine was clear: to stabilise the state, make an enabling situation for the re-establishment of its institutions, and instrumentality Rivers State backmost to afloat antiauthoritarian governance.

“With the palmy behaviour and swearing-in of section authorities chairmen and their councils, I judge we person decisively achieved the mandate that we were given,” helium said.

Ibas commended RSIEC for organising what helium described arsenic a fair, credible, and transparent electoral process, which has been wide praised wrong and beyond the state.

“For once, an predetermination was conducted wherever cipher was harassed, wherever radical went retired freely to explicit themselves and to prime whom they wanted arsenic their leaders. This is simply a testament to the peaceful and enabling situation we person collectively fostered,” helium remarked.

The authorities sole head gave the assurance that his medication would meticulously reappraisal the RSIEC study and contented an authoritative authorities achromatic insubstantial successful owed course.

He extended his profound appreciation to his team, information agencies, and authorities officials for their collaborative effort and synergy, noting that “this is what it takes to physique nations.”

Earlier, portion presenting the elaborate report, the president of RSIEC, Dr. Mike Odey, described the predetermination arsenic a “historic achievement” for the authorities and the country.

Odey revealed that the papers provided a afloat relationship of the full process, from the archetypal announcement of predetermination to stakeholder engagements, polling, collation of results, and the last announcement of winners.

“The study highlights our humble achievements, our challenges, and provides cardinal recommendations that volition fortify aboriginal elections successful Rivers State,” helium said.

The RSIEC president emphasised that the Commission operated strictly successful accordance with the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission Law of 2018 (as amended) and credited the election’s occurrence to robust collaboration with governmental parties, civilian nine organizations, and information agencies.

Dr. Odey besides expressed the Commission’s gratitude to the Administrator for providing “adequate and sufficient” funding, which enabled an unprecedented feat successful Nigerian electoral management.

“In the past of predetermination absorption successful Nigeria, beryllium it nationalist oregon sub-national, nary instauration has ever organized, coordinated, conducted, and supervised a implicit electoral process wrong a play of 30 days. With each modesty, I person nary regrets successful stating this information for the record,” helium declared.