Ex-Oyo governor, Ladoja backs Tinubu on Rivers emergency rule 

The former governor of Oyo State and  Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Sen. Rashidi Ladoja, on Sunday, backed the declaration of emergency rule in Rivers, saying it had ensured relative peace in the state.

Ladoja, while speaking with journalists at his private residence in Ondo Street, Bodija, Ibadan, after Eid-el-Fitri prayer, 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 advised suspended Governor Siminialayi Fubara and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to come together and resolve their differences if their intention is actually 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.

President Bola Tinubu, on March 18, 2025, declared emergency rule in Rivers State over the protracted political crisis between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to ex-governor Nyesom Wike.

Tinubu suspended the governor and the lawmakers for six months and appointed a sole administration to run the state.