Lifting of State of Emergency in Rivers: Dawn of a glorious day — PANDEF BoT

— Urges unity, corporate effort for the bully of the state

By Henry Umoru

ABUJA — The Board of Trustees (BoT) and the Executive Committee of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the apex socio-political enactment representing the South-South geopolitical zone, has hailed the lifting of the authorities of exigency successful Rivers State, describing it arsenic “the dawn of a glorious day.”

PANDEF, successful a connection signed connected Thursday by its leaders—Co-Chairman, BoT, King Alfred Diette-Spiff, Amanyanabo of Twon-Brass; Co-Chairman, BoT and erstwhile Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah; National Chairman, Ambassador Godknows Igali; and National Secretary, Engr. Beks Dagogo-Jack—called for unity among governmental leaders and the radical of Rivers State to enactment the past down and enactment towards the corporate bully of the state.

The forum noted that it looked guardant to the state’s instrumentality to normalcy and the resumption of its developmental trajectory nether Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his team.

President Bola Tinubu had connected Wednesday lifted the six-month authorities of exigency imposed connected Rivers State, directing suspended Governor Fubara, his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the State House of Assembly to resume bureau connected Thursday, September 18.

“The Board and National Executive Committee of PANDEF articulation millions of Nigerians successful welcoming the lifting of the authorities of exigency successful Rivers State, effectual midnight, Wednesday, September 17, 2025,” the connection read.

“While PANDEF had expressed beardown reservations regarding the erstwhile exigency rule, we commend His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for taking this bold measurement to rectify the anomaly. We invited Governor Siminalayi Fubara backmost to his elected bureau and salute his perseverance and religion successful the divine volition of Almighty God.

“We accidental to the governmental leaders and radical of Rivers State, who were the existent victims of the acheronian days, that airy has returned to the authorities and a caller glorious dawn has come. This infinitesimal should animate each to rededicate themselves to communal forbearance, caller alignments, and guardant movement.

“All hearts and hands indispensable truthful beryllium joined unneurotic to enactment the past down and enactment towards the corporate bully of the state. PANDEF reiterates its committedness to supporting the authorities and radical of Rivers State successful their pursuit of peace, progress, and development.”

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