Fubara urges residents to stay calm, says peace will return to Rivers
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has urged residents to remain calm, saying he does not “shout or complain” about the state’s challenges because he trusts in God.
Fubara made the remarks on Sunday during an interdenominational church service marking the 2026 Armed Forces Remembrance Day at St Cyprian’s Anglican Church in Port Harcourt. After prayers for him and Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu, Fubara handed over the microphone to the deputy governor to deliver her speech, joking that the service might be their last public engagement.
Addressing congregants, Fubara reassured the public that peace would return to Rivers State. “Let me say it here, where we were making the New Year dinner, I said, ‘dogs bark when they don’t understand’. The reason I don’t shout or complain is that I know I have what is supreme, which is God.
“I want everyone to be relaxed. What is important is peace for this dear state. We will get it by the special name of God,” he said.
The governor’s comments come days after 26 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly initiated impeachment proceedings against him and his deputy over allegations of “gross misconduct.”
Speaker Martins Amaewhule accused Fubara and Odu of posing a threat to democracy and faulted the governor for allegedly failing to present the state budget in line with constitutional requirements.
