Rivers crisis: Suspended gov Fubara finally reacts to links with militant groups, reveals truth

• Suspended Rivers governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has denied immoderate links to militant groups, dismissing allegations of engagement successful caller lipid installation explosions
• In caller weeks, a bid of state explosions person rocked Rivers state, starring to President Tinubu's declaration of a authorities of exigency and suspension of Fubara
• Fubara, successful a connection connected Monday, warned against attempts to incite unit oregon economical sabotage successful his name, urging information agencies to transportation retired a thorough investigation

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.

Rivers state, Port Harcourt - The suspended Rivers authorities governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has denied immoderate links to militant groups.

Rivers gov Fubara denies links to militant groups

Fubara reacts to allegations linking him to militants, transgression groups successful Rivers state. Photo credit: Sir Siminalayi Fubara
Source: Facebook

In a connection issued connected Monday, March 24, by his main property secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, successful Port Harcourt, the authorities capital, Fubara warned against attempts to incite unit oregon economical sabotage successful his name.

Legit.ng reported that a gas explosion occurred astatine the Soku lipid installation successful the Akuku Toru section authorities country of River state.

This happened hardly a week aft a large detonation rocked the Trans Niger Pipeline successful Bodo, Gokana section authorities country of the state.

The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) confirmed the detonation successful a connection issued connected Sunday, March 23, 2025, 2025.

The 3rd detonation wrong a week successful Rivers

The incidental is the 3rd lipid installation detonation successful Rivers state wrong a week.

It was gathered that the archetypal detonation occurred successful the Ogoni country of the oil-rich state.

The 2nd detonation occurred successful Oga/Egbema/Ndoni section authorities area.

However, President Bola Tinubu referred to the 2nd detonation erstwhile helium declared a six-month state of exigency in Rivers authorities and suspended Governor Sim Fubara and others.

Legit.ng earlier reported that a powerful blast rocked the Trans-Niger Pipeline successful Rivers State, sparking concerns among residents and authorities.

Reacting, the embattled politician was reacting to trending videos alleging explosions astatine lipid and state installations successful the state, which helium described arsenic “fake” and “malicious.”

He urged information agencies to analyse the sources of the videos and instrumentality enactment against those responsible.

The connection read:

“Already, the communities wherever these incidents are alleged to person occurred person reacted, dismissing immoderate claims of explosions connected lipid and state facilities successful their domains, and reassuring that each captious authorities assets wrong their areas are safe, unafraid and efficiently functioning.”

Fubara reacts arsenic different installation exploded successful Rivers

Fubara speaks arsenic different detonation hits state installation successful Rivers state. Photo credit: Sir Siminalayi Fubara
Source: Facebook

Fubara emphasised that helium has nary affiliation with immoderate militant radical and would not promote immoderate transgression enactment that could endanger bid oregon economical stability.

The connection added:

“For the avoidance of doubt, Governor Siminalayi Fubara has nary nexus to immoderate militant group, does not contemplate immoderate specified association.“Governor Fubara vehemently warns purveyors of unit and economical sabotage to steer wide of the authorities and debar immoderate effort to usage his sanction oregon capitalise connected the contiguous governmental situation to foment occupation successful the state.”

NNPC reacts to reported detonation successful Port Harcourt Refinery

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that NNPC constricted clarified the reported explosion astatine Port Harcourt Refinery pursuing a occurrence incidental connected Wednesday.

The nationalist lipid institution described the incidental arsenic conscionable a regular flare lawsuit with nary hazard to staff.

The fears of an detonation astatine the refinery travel hours aft pipeline explosions and besides a declared authorities of emergency.

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Source: Legit.ng