The Nigerian Senate yesterday stepped down a motion to debate and ratify the declaration of state of emergency that led to the suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy, Ngozi Odu.
President Bola Tinubu in his nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, March, 18th 2025, cited several alleged breaches by the Fubara administration as reasons within the ambit of law to declare a state of emergency in Rivers.
The proclamation of state of emergency in Rivers State was listed on the Order Paper for yesterday’s plenary by Senate Leader, Senator Bamidele Opeyemi, but was stepped down till today.
It was gathered that the postponement of the debate on the state of emergency may not be unconnected to the absence of most of the senators as the motion required two-third majority to scale through.
However, a ranking senator of the ruling party, who did not want his name disclosed, confirmed that some colleagues might not want to get involved in what he described as a web of illegality, hence they absented themselves from yesterday’s plenary, knowing that the motion would come up.
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