Oyo State former governor and the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja has backed President Tinubu on the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers which has ensured relative peace in the state.
Insight Media reported that President Bola Tinubu, on March 18, 2025, announced the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State over the political crisis between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to former governor and current FCT minister, Nyesom Wike.
Tinubu suspended governor Fubara and the lawmakers for initial six months and appointed a sole administration to run the state.
This decision from the president has generated a lot of controversies, with many asserting that the president doesn’t have the right to declared the state of emergency and has breached the country’s constitution.
But for Ladoja while speaking with journalists at his residence in Ibadan, after Eid-el-Fitri prayer on Sunday, said the emergency rule was a wise decision by President Tinubu to douse tension and restore normalcy in Rivers State.
Ladoja said, “The emergency rule declared by the President in Rivers is a welcomed development if that is what will restore peace back to the state.”
The former governor of Oyo State advised suspended Governor Fubara and the FCT, minister Nyesom Wike, to come together and resolve their differences if their intention is to serve the state.
“Some of them have approached the court; even the PDP governors had gone to the Supreme Court. The judgment will be faster. So, whatever the court says will bind both parties,” Ladoja added
