Niger Delta rights activist, Ann-Kio Briggs, has demanded full disclosure of the agreement between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and President Bola Tinubu that paved the way for the end of emergency rule in Rivers State.
Speaking on Sunday, September 21, during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Briggs warned that Governor Fubara’s credibility could be questioned if residents are kept in the dark.
“I think it’s not acceptable when politicians make these agreements over our heads; it’s like shaving the head of someone behind their back,” she said.
“We are the people who have paid the greatest price in all of these things, and to not be aware of the decision which will affect us, and therefore, we can’t gauge the extent to which these decisions will affect us, it becomes very difficult to flow with the politicians.
“It’s just an impossible situation where we have found ourselves. We don’t know what the President has insisted on, we don’t know what was agreed upon, and where that leads the people of Rivers State. So, we need to know what was agreed on,” Briggs added.
The activist also echoed calls for retired Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, who served as the sole administrator during the six-month emergency rule, to account for state funds. She insisted the money belonged to the people and must be explained.
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Fubara returned to office on September 17, 2025, after Tinubu lifted the emergency rule imposed in March, citing political instability.
His suspension, alongside Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu and members of the House of Assembly, followed a protracted political conflict with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
The crisis had earlier split the Rivers Assembly, prompting Tinubu to broker a peace deal in June involving Fubara, Wike, and assembly members. After the meeting, Wike confirmed reconciliation but refused to reveal details.
“I will allow you to speculate; it’s not my business. All I know is that peace has come. If you are not satisfied with that, there is nothing we can do.
“What is important is that peace has returned; whatever thing anybody says is not my business,” Wike said.
In his statewide broadcast, Fubara also acknowledged the president’s intervention, saying the key actors had agreed to bury the hatchet and embrace peace.