Fubara supporters
Supporters of Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, have converged on the Port Harcourt airport in anticipation of his arrival.
TheCable understands that Fubara embarked on a trip to the United Kingdom and is expected to return to the country sooner.
The governor’s supporters and some former members of his cabinet were seen singing and dancing on the airport’s precincts and on the steps leading to the arrival wing.
On Thursday, a large crowd gathered in front of the Rivers state government house in Port Harcourt to welcome back Fubara as governor of the state.
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However, the governor did not show up at the government house, fuelling debates on his whereabouts.
Fubara is yet to resume as governor following the expiration of emergency rule in the state.
Defending the governor’s absence from government house on Thursday, Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), said there is no law mandating Fubara to resume at his office immediately.
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The FCT minister said governance is not tied to sitting in an office.
On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu lifted the six-month emergency rule imposed on the state in the wake of a protracted political crisis.
The president asked Fubara, Ngozi Odu, the deputy governor; and members of the Rivers state house of assembly, to resume work on Thursday, September 18.
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