The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has expressed optimism that the state of emergency declared in Rivers State will expire on September 18, 2025.
Wike made the remark over the weekend after casting his vote in the ongoing local government election in the state. He said the expiration would restore full legislative functions to the Rivers State House of Assembly.
“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,” Wike said.
The minister further explained that the conditions were now right for lifting the state of emergency, given that both the state and local governments have secured representation.
“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,” he added.
According to him, “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.”
