Overview

• The order lifts the suspension on Gov. Siminalayi Fubara and all state lawmakers.
• The federal declaration cited a protracted political crisis and oil pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta.
• Tinubu said the action was to arrest a drift toward anarchy and should not have lasted beyond six months.
• Retired navy chief Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas administered Rivers State during the emergency.
• The last comparable move came in 2013 in the northeast, when governors were not suspended, marking a contrast with the Rivers approach.