Suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has strongly indicated he may not seek to reclaim his position, suggesting a withdrawal from the state’s protracted political crisis.
Fubara made the revealing comments during a service of songs held Sunday in Port Harcourt to honor the late elder statesman Edwin Clark. In a viral video clip from the event, the embattled governor appeared resigned to his current political fate.
“Can’t you see how better I look? Do you think I am interested in it? My spirit has already left that place long ago,” Fubara told attendees. He added cryptically: “I want everybody to focus, there are some fights you don’t fight.”
The governor’s remarks come after months of intense political warfare with his predecessor Nyesom Wike, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Their feud escalated into a full-blown governance crisis that paralyzed Rivers State’s administration.
The situation deteriorated to the point where President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers on March 18, 2025. The presidential intervention saw Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Odu, and the entire State House of Assembly suspended from office.
Tinubu subsequently appointed retired naval officer Ibok-Ete Ibas as sole administrator to steer the state’s affairs during the crisis period.
