Emergency rule: Niger Delta leader raises concern over Fubara’s whereabouts

Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, a prominent Niger Delta activist, has voiced concerns over the whereabouts of Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended governor of Rivers State. 

According to Sara-Igbe, the people of Rivers State are increasingly worried after Fubara, his family, and security details vacated the Government House following his suspension.

President Bola Tinubu, in a national broadcast on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, announced the suspension of Governor Fubara, his deputy, Mrs. Ngozi Odu, and the state’s House of Assembly due to the escalating political crisis in Rivers State.

However, Sara-Igbe, while speaking on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’ on Thursday, March 20, 2025, claimed that nobody has seen or heard from Fubara.

He said Fubara’s life is in danger, adding that Rivers leaders have been trying to reach out to him but could not get him.

“We have not seen Fubara, and nobody has communicated with Fubara. We don’t know what they have done to Fubara; we don’t know where Fubara is. So, Fubara’s life is in danger; we have tried to reach him, but we cannot reach him. All Nigerians need to know that Fubara’s life is in danger. Until we see Fubara speak face-to-face or on television, we have not seen him.

“We have not heard from him. With all sincerity, ask anybody whether they have heard from him. He was locked up in the government house, we only see him on social media, he has been released from the government house, to where? we don’t know. Rivers people are worried; this is a war against Rivers State not a war against Fubara,” he said.

Sara-Igbe called on Nigerians to protest against “the illegal suspension” of Fubara, saying, “If Nigerians keep quiet and allow this to happen, it will happen in other places.”